#8E2242#8E2242

#8E2242 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.144 H 8.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2242
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(342, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(342, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 53.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 46.83, 7.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 47.49, 9.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.1425 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.144 8.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7119, 7.2899, 5.8909)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2242 #228E6E

analogous

#8E2278 #8E2242 #8E3822

triadic

#8E2242 #428E22 #22428E

tetradic

#8E2242 #788E22 #228E6E #38228E

square

#8E2242 #788E22 #228E6E #38228E

split-complementary

#8E2242 #228E38 #22788E

monochromatic

#2B0A14 #5D162B #8E2242 #BF2E59 #D6547B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8E2242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8E2242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2242

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2242	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59543F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B062F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.144 8.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56776',
    500: '#8e2242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2242;
$custom-light: #b56776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.222,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43629,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 8.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2242

secondary

#52BA9B

accent

#E4B543

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F7EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2242

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

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