#8E1238#8E1238

#8E1238 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.156 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1238
RGB	rgb(142, 18, 56)
HSL	hsl(342, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(342, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.3%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 50.70, 11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 52.08, 13.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1535 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.156 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0867, 6.4708, 4.3532)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1238 #128E68

analogous

#8E1276 #8E1238 #8E2A12

triadic

#8E1238 #388E12 #12388E

tetradic

#8E1238 #768E12 #128E68 #2A128E

square

#8E1238 #768E12 #128E68 #2A128E

split-complementary

#8E1238 #128E2A #12768E

monochromatic

#21040D #580B23 #8E1238 #C4194D #E5356B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8E1238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8E1238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1238

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1238	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 18, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.156 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6616e',
    500: '#8e1238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1238;
$custom-light: #b6616e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.613,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42157,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1238

secondary

#3AC298

accent

#F4B934

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1238

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

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