#8E2159#8E2159

#8E2159 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.153 H 354.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2159
RGB	rgb(142, 33, 89)
HSL	hsl(329, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(329, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 49.47, -6.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 49.86, 352.80°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.1518 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.153 354)
XYZ	xyz(13.5032, 7.5614, 10.1977)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2159 #218E56

analogous

#8D218E #8E2159 #8E2123

triadic

#8E2159 #598E21 #21598E

tetradic

#8E2159 #8E8D21 #218E56 #21238E

square

#8E2159 #8E8D21 #218E56 #21238E

split-complementary

#8E2159 #238E21 #218E8D

monochromatic

#2B0A1B #5C153A #8E2159 #C02D78 #D75297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8E2159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8E2159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2159

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2159	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36415A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99153A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 33, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.153 354.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36787',
    500: '#8e2159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2159;
$custom-light: #b36787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.174,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.443,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 354
  },
  "luminance": 0.0756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2159

secondary

#50BA84

accent

#E59242

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#12070B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2159

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

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