#8A236E#8A236E

#8A236E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.159 H 341.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A236E
RGB	rgb(138, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(316, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(316, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.6%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.42, 50.40, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.42, 53.94, 339.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.71% 0.1508 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(44.71% 0.159 341)
XYZ	xyz(13.8972, 7.7325, 15.5095)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A236E #238A3F

analogous

#73238A #8A236E #8A233A

triadic

#8A236E #6E8A23 #236E8A

tetradic

#8A236E #8A7323 #238A3F #233A8A

square

#8A236E #8A7323 #238A3F #233A8A

split-complementary

#8A236E #3A8A23 #238A73

monochromatic

#280A20 #591747 #8A236E #BB2F95 #D454B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8A236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8A236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A236E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A236E	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B4470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C556C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.159 341.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06897',
    500: '#8a236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a236e;
$custom-light: #b06897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.311,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44713,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 341
  },
  "luminance": 0.07731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A236E

secondary

#51B76D

accent

#E37045

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A236E

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

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