#8E235B#8E235B

#8E235B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.151 H 353.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E235B
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(329, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(329, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.37, 49.00, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.37, 49.51, 351.79°)
OKLab	oklab(44.56% 0.1502 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(44.56% 0.151 353.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6455, 7.7098, 10.6651)
Luminance	0.0771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E235B #238E56

analogous

#8C238E #8E235B #8E2326

triadic

#8E235B #5B8E23 #235B8E

tetradic

#8E235B #8E8C23 #238E56 #23268E

square

#8E235B #8E8C23 #238E56 #23268E

split-complementary

#8E235B #268E23 #238E8C

monochromatic

#2C0B1C #5D173C #8E235B #BF2F7A #D55699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.26

#8E235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8E235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E235B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E235B	1.00	8.26	2.54	8.26
#FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36425C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99193C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.151 353.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36889',
    500: '#8e235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e235b;
$custom-light: #b36889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.598,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44558,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 353.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E235B

secondary

#53B984

accent

#E49044

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#12070B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E235B

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

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