#8E174E#8E174E

#8E174E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.158 H 359.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E174E
RGB	rgb(142, 23, 78)
HSL	hsl(332, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(332, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.8%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, 51.31, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 51.32, 358.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1579 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.158 359.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.8379, 6.9154, 7.8650)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E174E #178E57

analogous

#8E1789 #8E174E #8E1C17

triadic

#8E174E #4E8E17 #174E8E

tetradic

#8E174E #898E17 #178E57 #1C178E

square

#8E174E #898E17 #178E57 #1C178E

split-complementary

#8E174E #178E1C #17898E

monochromatic

#250614 #590E31 #8E174E #C3206B #E03F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E174E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E174E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E174E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E174E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E174E	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54524B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e174e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 23, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.158 359.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4637f',
    500: '#8e174e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e174e;
$custom-light: #b4637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e174e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.269,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43124,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 359.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E174E

secondary

#40C085

accent

#EF9B39

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#12060A

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E174E

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