#8A3557#8A3557

#8A3557 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.086; OKLCH L 45.8% C 0.121 H 358.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A3557
RGB	rgb(138, 53, 87)
HSL	hsl(336, 45%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(336, 62%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.6%, 37%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.28, 39.68, -1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.28, 39.72, 357.49°)
OKLab	oklab(45.79% 0.1211 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(45.79% 0.121 358.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4754, 8.6390, 9.9728)
Luminance	0.0864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A3557 #358A68

analogous

#8A3582 #8A3557 #8A3D35

triadic

#8A3557 #578A35 #35578A

tetradic

#8A3557 #828A35 #358A68 #3D358A

square

#8A3557 #828A35 #358A68 #3D358A

split-complementary

#8A3557 #358A3D #35828A

monochromatic

#32131F #5E243B #8A3557 #B64673 #C87194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.70

#8A3557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.73

#8A3557 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A3557

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A3557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A3557	1.00	7.70	2.73	7.70
#FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#952E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#535353

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a3557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 53, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.8% 0.121 358.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7186',
    500: '#8a3557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a3557;
$custom-light: #af7186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a3557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 44.503,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45786,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 358.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A3557

secondary

#6AB194

accent

#D4A154

background

#FBF7F8

surface

#F6EDEF

border

#D0C8CA

text

#11080B

muted

#807B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A3557

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

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