#8E235E#8E235E

#8E235E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 351.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E235E
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(327, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(327, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 49.36, -8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 50.15, 349.85°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.1511 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.153 351.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7775, 7.7626, 11.3603)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E235E #238E53

analogous

#89238E #8E235E #8E2328

triadic

#8E235E #5E8E23 #235E8E

tetradic

#8E235E #8E8923 #238E53 #23288E

square

#8E235E #8E8923 #238E53 #23288E

split-complementary

#8E235E #288E23 #238E89

monochromatic

#2C0B1D #5D173D #8E235E #BF2F7F #D5569C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8E235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8E235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E235E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E235E	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991B3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 351.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3688b',
    500: '#8e235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e235e;
$custom-light: #b3688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.916,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44677,
    "c": 0.15278,
    "h": 351.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E235E

secondary

#53B981

accent

#E48C44

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#12070C

muted

#817A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E235E

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

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