#8E174A#8E174A

#8E174A is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.157 H 1.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E174A
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 74)
HSL	hsl(334, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(334, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 47.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 50.93, 1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 50.95, 1.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1565 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.157 1.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6988, 6.8597, 7.1326)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E174A #178E5B

analogous

#8E1785 #8E174A #8E2017

triadic

#8E174A #4A8E17 #174A8E

tetradic

#8E174A #858E17 #178E5B #20178E

square

#8E174A #858E17 #178E5B #20178E

split-complementary

#8E174A #178E20 #17858E

monochromatic

#250613 #590E2F #8E174A #C32065 #E03F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8E174A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8E174A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E174A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E174A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E174A	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e174a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.157 1.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5637c',
    500: '#8e174a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e174a;
$custom-light: #b5637c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e174a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42988,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 1.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E174A

secondary

#40C08A

accent

#EFA139

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#120609

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E174A

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

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