#8E2257#8E2257

#8E2257 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.151 H 355.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2257
RGB	rgb(142, 34, 87)
HSL	hsl(331, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(331, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 38.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 48.90, -4.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 49.14, 354.30°)
OKLab	oklab(44.31% 0.1501 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(44.31% 0.151 355.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.4485, 7.5846, 9.7707)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2257 #228E59

analogous

#8E228D #8E2257 #8E2322

triadic

#8E2257 #578E22 #22578E

tetradic

#8E2257 #8D8E22 #228E59 #23228E

square

#8E2257 #8D8E22 #228E59 #23228E

split-complementary

#8E2257 #228E23 #228D8E

monochromatic

#2B0A1A #5D1639 #8E2257 #BF2E75 #D65494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8E2257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8E2257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2257

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2257	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 34, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.151 355.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36886',
    500: '#8e2257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2257;
$custom-light: #b36886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.556,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44314,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 355.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2257

secondary

#52BA87

accent

#E49543

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#12070B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2257

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

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