#8E255B#8E255B

#8E255B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.149 H 353.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E255B
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(329, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(329, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 48.28, -6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 48.74, 352.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.75% 0.1479 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(44.75% 0.149 353.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.7061, 7.8309, 10.6852)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E255B #258E58

analogous

#8C258E #8E255B #8E2526

triadic

#8E255B #5B8E25 #255B8E

tetradic

#8E255B #8E8C25 #258E58 #25268E

square

#8E255B #8E8C25 #258E58 #25268E

split-complementary

#8E255B #268E25 #258E8C

monochromatic

#2D0C1D #5D183C #8E255B #BF327A #D45A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#8E255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8E255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E255B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E255B	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#38435C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991C3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.149 353.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36989',
    500: '#8e255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e255b;
$custom-light: #b36989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.143,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44746,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 353.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E255B

secondary

#56B986

accent

#E29246

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#12070B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E255B

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

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