#8E1542#8E1542

#8E1542 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.156 H 5.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1542
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 66)
HSL	hsl(338, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(338, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 50.75, 5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 51.09, 6.69°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1552 0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.156 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4080, 6.6823, 5.7896)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1542 #158E61

analogous

#8E157F #8E1542 #8E2515

triadic

#8E1542 #428E15 #15428E

tetradic

#8E1542 #7F8E15 #158E61 #25158E

square

#8E1542 #7F8E15 #158E61 #25158E

split-complementary

#8E1542 #158E25 #157F8E

monochromatic

#230510 #590D29 #8E1542 #C31D5B #E23B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8E1542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1542

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1542	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#373A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56523F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.156 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56276',
    500: '#8e1542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1542;
$custom-light: #b56276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.686,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42609,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1542

secondary

#3DC290

accent

#F1AC37

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F7EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1542

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

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