#8E2142#8E2142

#8E2142 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.145 H 7.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2142
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 66)
HSL	hsl(342, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(342, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.33, 47.18, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.33, 47.81, 9.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1437 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.145 7.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.6837, 7.2336, 5.8815)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2142 #218E6D

analogous

#8E2179 #8E2142 #8E3721

triadic

#8E2142 #428E21 #21428E

tetradic

#8E2142 #798E21 #218E6D #37218E

square

#8E2142 #798E21 #218E6D #37218E

split-complementary

#8E2142 #218E37 #21798E

monochromatic

#2B0A14 #5C152B #8E2142 #C02D59 #D7527B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8E2142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2142

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2142	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B032F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.145 7.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56776',
    500: '#8e2142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2142;
$custom-light: #b56776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.835,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43536,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 7.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2142

secondary

#50BA9A

accent

#E5B442

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F7EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2142

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

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