#8E173A#8E173A

#8E173A is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.153 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E173A
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 58)
HSL	hsl(342, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(342, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 49.62, 11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 50.87, 12.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1504 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.153 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.2267, 6.6709, 4.6460)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E173A #178E6B

analogous

#8E1775 #8E173A #8E3017

triadic

#8E173A #3A8E17 #173A8E

tetradic

#8E173A #758E17 #178E6B #30178E

square

#8E173A #758E17 #178E6B #30178E

split-complementary

#8E173A #178E30 #17758E

monochromatic

#25060F #590E24 #8E173A #C32050 #E03F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8E173A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8E173A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E173A

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E173A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E173A	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e173a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.153 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636f',
    500: '#8e173a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e173a;
$custom-light: #b6636f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e173a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.353,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E173A

secondary

#40C09B

accent

#EFB939

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E173A

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

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