#8E1856#8E1856

#8E1856 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.160 H 354.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1856
RGB	rgb(142, 24, 86)
HSL	hsl(328, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(328, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.1%, 39.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 51.86, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 52.20, 353.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1596 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.16 354.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1626, 7.0776, 9.4753)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1856 #188E50

analogous

#8B188E #8E1856 #8E181B

triadic

#8E1856 #568E18 #18568E

tetradic

#8E1856 #8E8B18 #188E50 #181B8E

square

#8E1856 #8E8B18 #188E50 #181B8E

split-complementary

#8E1856 #1B8E18 #188E8B

monochromatic

#250617 #5A0F36 #8E1856 #C22176 #DF4194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8E1856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8E1856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1856

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1856	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#323D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 24, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.160 354.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46485',
    500: '#8e1856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1856;
$custom-light: #b46485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.475,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43484,
    "c": 0.16029,
    "h": 354.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1856

secondary

#42C07E

accent

#EE8F3A

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#12060B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1856

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

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