#8A255C#8A255C

#8A255C is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.146 H 351.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A255C
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(327, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(327, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 33.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 47.25, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 48.00, 349.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1444 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.146 351.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.0753, 7.5006, 10.8823)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A255C #258A53

analogous

#86258A #8A255C #8A252A

triadic

#8A255C #5C8A25 #255C8A

tetradic

#8A255C #8A8625 #258A53 #252A8A

square

#8A255C #8A8625 #258A53 #252A8A

split-complementary

#8A255C #2A8A25 #258A86

monochromatic

#290B1C #5A183C #8A255C #BA327C #D2579A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8A255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8A255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A255C

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A255C	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36425E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.146 351.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0698a',
    500: '#8a255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a255c;
$custom-light: #b0698a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.327,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44101,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 351.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A255C

secondary

#54B781

accent

#E18D47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A255C

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

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