#8A255E#8A255E

#8A255E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.147 H 350.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A255E
RGB	rgb(138, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(326, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(326, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.2%, 31.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 47.50, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 48.47, 348.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.145 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.147 350.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.1639, 7.5360, 11.3489)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A255E #258A51

analogous

#84258A #8A255E #8A252B

triadic

#8A255E #5E8A25 #255E8A

tetradic

#8A255E #8A8425 #258A51 #252B8A

square

#8A255E #8A8425 #258A51 #252B8A

split-complementary

#8A255E #2B8A25 #258A84

monochromatic

#290B1C #5A183D #8A255E #BA327F #D2579D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8A255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8A255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A255E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A255E	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#941F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.147 350.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0698b',
    500: '#8a255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a255e;
$custom-light: #b0698b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.139,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44182,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 350.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A255E

secondary

#54B77F

accent

#E18A47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A255E

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

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