#8A2857#8A2857

#8A2857 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.140 H 355.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2857
RGB	rgb(138, 40, 87)
HSL	hsl(331, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(331, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 45.47, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 45.73, 353.88°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.1392 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.14 355)
XYZ	xyz(12.9611, 7.6105, 9.8014)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2857 #288A5B

analogous

#8A2888 #8A2857 #8A2A28

triadic

#8A2857 #578A28 #28578A

tetradic

#8A2857 #888A28 #288A5B #2A288A

square

#8A2857 #888A28 #288A5B #2A288A

split-complementary

#8A2857 #288A2A #28888A

monochromatic

#2B0C1B #5B1A39 #8A2857 #B93675 #D05D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8A2857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8A2857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2857

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2857	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#394258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 40, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.140 355.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06a86',
    500: '#8a2857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2857;
$custom-light: #b06a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.224,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44215,
    "c": 0.13976,
    "h": 355
  },
  "luminance": 0.07609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2857

secondary

#59B589

accent

#DE9749

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2857

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

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