#8E174D#8E174D

#8E174D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.158 H 359.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E174D
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 77)
HSL	hsl(333, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(333, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 45.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.58, 51.21, -0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.58, 51.22, 359.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1576 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.158 359.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.8023, 6.9011, 7.6776)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E174D #178E58

analogous

#8E1789 #8E174D #8E1C17

triadic

#8E174D #4D8E17 #174D8E

tetradic

#8E174D #898E17 #178E58 #1C178E

square

#8E174D #898E17 #178E58 #1C178E

split-complementary

#8E174D #178E1C #17898E

monochromatic

#250614 #590E30 #8E174D #C3206A #E03F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8E174D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E174D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E174D

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E174D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E174D	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#55524A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e174d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.158 359.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4637e',
    500: '#8e174d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e174d;
$custom-light: #b4637e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e174d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.773,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43089,
    "c": 0.15756,
    "h": 359.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E174D

secondary

#40C086

accent

#EF9C39

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#12060A

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E174D

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

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