#8C2159#8C2159

#8C2159 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.151 H 353.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C2159
RGB	rgb(140, 33, 89)
HSL	hsl(329, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(329, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 36.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 48.90, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 49.38, 352.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.95% 0.15 -0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(43.95% 0.151 353.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1631, 7.3860, 10.1817)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C2159 #218C54

analogous

#8A218C #8C2159 #8C2124

triadic

#8C2159 #598C21 #21598C

tetradic

#8C2159 #8C8A21 #218C54 #21248C

square

#8C2159 #8C8A21 #218C54 #21248C

split-complementary

#8C2159 #248C21 #218C8A

monochromatic

#290A1A #5A153A #8C2159 #BE2D78 #D65197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8C2159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8C2159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C2159

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C2159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C2159	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35405A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97173A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c2159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 33, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.151 353.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26787',
    500: '#8c2159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c2159;
$custom-light: #b26787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c2159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.598,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4395,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 353.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C2159

secondary

#4FB982

accent

#E59043

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C2159

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

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