#8E2240#8E2240

#8E2240 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.144 H 9.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2240
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(343, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(343, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 54.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 46.66, 9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 47.55, 11.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1417 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.144 9.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.6539, 7.2668, 5.5858)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2240 #228E70

analogous

#8E2276 #8E2240 #8E3A22

triadic

#8E2240 #408E22 #22408E

tetradic

#8E2240 #768E22 #228E70 #3A228E

square

#8E2240 #768E22 #228E70 #3A228E

split-complementary

#8E2240 #228E3A #22768E

monochromatic

#2B0A13 #5D162A #8E2240 #BF2E56 #D65478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8E2240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8E2240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2240

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2240	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B042F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.144 9.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56774',
    500: '#8e2240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2240;
$custom-light: #b56774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43574,
    "c": 0.14364,
    "h": 9.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2240

secondary

#52BA9D

accent

#E4B843

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F7EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2240

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

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