#8C225E#8C225E

#8C225E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.152 H 350.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C225E
RGB	rgb(140, 34, 94)
HSL	hsl(326, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(326, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.7%, 32.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 49.15, -9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 50.09, 348.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.24% 0.1503 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(44.24% 0.152 350.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.4084, 7.5292, 11.3347)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C225E #228C50

analogous

#85228C #8C225E #8C2229

triadic

#8C225E #5E8C22 #225E8C

tetradic

#8C225E #8C8522 #228C50 #22298C

square

#8C225E #8C8522 #228C50 #22298C

split-complementary

#8C225E #298C22 #228C85

monochromatic

#2A0A1C #5B163D #8C225E #BD2E7F #D5539D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8C225E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8C225E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C225E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C225E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C225E	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)

#344260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c225e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 34, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.152 350.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2688b',
    500: '#8c225e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c225e;
$custom-light: #b2688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c225e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.038,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44241,
    "c": 0.15236,
    "h": 350.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C225E

secondary

#51B97E

accent

#E48944

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C225E

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

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