#8A235E#8A235E

#8A235E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.150 H 349.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A235E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(326, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(326, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.73, 48.24, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.73, 49.27, 348.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1473 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.15 349.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1033, 7.4150, 11.3287)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A235E #238A4F

analogous

#83238A #8A235E #8A232B

triadic

#8A235E #5E8A23 #235E8A

tetradic

#8A235E #8A8323 #238A4F #232B8A

square

#8A235E #8A8323 #238A4F #232B8A

split-complementary

#8A235E #2B8A23 #238A83

monochromatic

#280A1B #59173D #8A235E #BB2F7F #D4549D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8A235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8A235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A235E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A235E	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#334160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51545C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941D3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.150 349.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0688b',
    500: '#8a235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a235e;
$custom-light: #b0688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.631,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43989,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 349.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A235E

secondary

#51B77D

accent

#E38845

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A235E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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