#8C185E#8C185E

#8C185E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.163 H 349.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C185E
RGB	rgb(140, 24, 94)
HSL	hsl(324, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(324, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.9%, 32.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 52.25, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 53.45, 347.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.16 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.163 349.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1630, 7.0385, 11.2529)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C185E #188C46

analogous

#80188C #8C185E #8C1824

triadic

#8C185E #5E8C18 #185E8C

tetradic

#8C185E #8C8018 #188C46 #18248C

square

#8C185E #8C8018 #188C46 #18248C

split-complementary

#8C185E #248C18 #188C80

monochromatic

#240618 #580F3B #8C185E #C02181 #DE40A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#8C185E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8C185E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C185E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C185E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C185E	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D3E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F525B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c185e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 24, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.163 349.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2648b',
    500: '#8c185e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c185e;
$custom-light: #b2648b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c185e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43448,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 349.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C185E

secondary

#41BF73

accent

#ED813A

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11060C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C185E

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

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