#8E173B#8E173B

#8E173B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.153 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E173B
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 59)
HSL	hsl(342, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(342, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 49.69, 10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 50.81, 12.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1508 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.153 10)
XYZ	xyz(12.2524, 6.6812, 4.7813)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E173B #178E6A

analogous

#8E1776 #8E173B #8E2F17

triadic

#8E173B #3B8E17 #173B8E

tetradic

#8E173B #768E17 #178E6A #2F178E

square

#8E173B #768E17 #178E6A #2F178E

split-complementary

#8E173B #178E2F #17768E

monochromatic

#25060F #590E25 #8E173B #C32051 #E03F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8E173B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E173B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E173B

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E173B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E173B	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)

#393A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e173b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.153 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66370',
    500: '#8e173b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e173b;
$custom-light: #b66370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e173b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.849,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42548,
    "c": 0.1531,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.06679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E173B

secondary

#40C09A

accent

#EFB839

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E173B

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

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