#8E1738#8E1738

#8E1738 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.153 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1738
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 56)
HSL	hsl(343, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(343, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 49.48, 12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 51.03, 14.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1495 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.153 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1768, 6.6509, 4.3832)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1738 #178E6D

analogous

#8E1774 #8E1738 #8E3117

triadic

#8E1738 #388E17 #17388E

tetradic

#8E1738 #748E17 #178E6D #31178E

square

#8E1738 #748E17 #178E6D #31178E

split-complementary

#8E1738 #178E31 #17748E

monochromatic

#25060E #590E23 #8E1738 #C3204D #E03F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8E1738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E1738 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1738

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1738	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.153 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636e',
    500: '#8e1738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1738;
$custom-light: #b6636e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.361,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42472,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1738

secondary

#40C09D

accent

#EFBC39

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1738

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

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