#8A243E#8A243E

#8A243E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 10.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A243E
RGB	rgb(138, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(345, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 55.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.84, 44.51, 9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.84, 45.52, 12.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.135 0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.137 10.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9827, 7.0145, 5.2794)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A243E #248A70

analogous

#8A2471 #8A243E #8A3D24

triadic

#8A243E #3E8A24 #243E8A

tetradic

#8A243E #718A24 #248A70 #3D248A

square

#8A243E #718A24 #248A70 #3D248A

split-complementary

#8A243E #248A3D #24718A

monochromatic

#290B12 #591728 #8A243E #BB3154 #D35676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8A243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8A243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A243E

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A243E	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 10.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26773',
    500: '#8a243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a243e;
$custom-light: #b26773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.706,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42995,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 10.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A243E

secondary

#53B79D

accent

#E2BA46

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A243E

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

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