#8E1538#8E1538

#8E1538 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.154 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1538
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 56)
HSL	hsl(343, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(343, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 49.99, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 51.47, 13.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1512 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.154 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1386, 6.5745, 4.3705)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1538 #158E6B

analogous

#8E1574 #8E1538 #8E2F15

triadic

#8E1538 #388E15 #15388E

tetradic

#8E1538 #748E15 #158E6B #2F158E

square

#8E1538 #748E15 #158E6B #2F158E

split-complementary

#8E1538 #158E2F #15748E

monochromatic

#23050E #590D23 #8E1538 #C31D4D #E23B6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8E1538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8E1538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1538

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1538	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.154 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6626e',
    500: '#8e1538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1538;
$custom-light: #b6626e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.645,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42339,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1538

secondary

#3DC29B

accent

#F1BB37

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1538

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

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