#8E235F#8E235F

#8E235F is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.153 H 350.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E235F
RGB	rgb(142, 35, 95)
HSL	hsl(326, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(326, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 49.48, -9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 50.37, 349.22°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.1513 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.153 350.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8227, 7.7807, 11.5981)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E235F #238E52

analogous

#88238E #8E235F #8E232A

triadic

#8E235F #5F8E23 #235F8E

tetradic

#8E235F #8E8823 #238E52 #232A8E

square

#8E235F #8E8823 #238E52 #232A8E

split-complementary

#8E235F #2A8E23 #238E88

monochromatic

#2C0B1D #5D173E #8E235F #BF2F80 #D5569D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8E235F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8E235F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E235F

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E235F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E235F	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e235f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 35, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.153 350.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3688c',
    500: '#8e235f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e235f;
$custom-light: #b3688c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e235f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.355,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44718,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 350.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E235F

secondary

#53B980

accent

#E48A44

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#12070C

muted

#817A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E235F

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

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