#8E1838#8E1838

#8E1838 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.152 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1838
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 56)
HSL	hsl(344, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(344, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 49.21, 12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 50.80, 14.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1487 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.152 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1970, 6.6914, 4.3899)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1838 #188E6E

analogous

#8E1873 #8E1838 #8E3318

triadic

#8E1838 #388E18 #18388E

tetradic

#8E1838 #738E18 #188E6E #33188E

square

#8E1838 #738E18 #188E6E #33188E

split-complementary

#8E1838 #188E33 #18738E

monochromatic

#25060F #5A0F23 #8E1838 #C2214D #DF416C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8E1838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8E1838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1838

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1838	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.152 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6636e',
    500: '#8e1838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1838;
$custom-light: #b6636e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.729,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42542,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1838

secondary

#42C09E

accent

#EEBD3A

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F8EBEB

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1838

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

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