#8E1572#8E1572

#8E1572 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.178 H 340.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1572
RGB	rgb(142, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(314, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(314, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.2%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 56.04, -22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 60.38, 338.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.1677 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.178 340.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4612, 7.5035, 16.6031)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1572 #158E31

analogous

#6E158E #8E1572 #8E1536

triadic

#8E1572 #728E15 #15728E

tetradic

#8E1572 #8E6E15 #158E31 #15368E

square

#8E1572 #8E6E15 #158E31 #15368E

split-complementary

#8E1572 #368E15 #158E6E

monochromatic

#23051C #590D47 #8E1572 #C31D9D #E23BBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8E1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8E1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1572

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1572	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#49546F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971A44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.178 340.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3649b',
    500: '#8e1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1572;
$custom-light: #b3649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.884,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44559,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 340.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1572

secondary

#3DC25C

accent

#F16237

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#12060E

muted

#817A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1572

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

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