#8E255F#8E255F

#8E255F is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.151 H 351.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E255F
RGB	rgb(142, 37, 95)
HSL	hsl(327, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(327, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.78, 48.76, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.78, 49.60, 349.50°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.1491 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.151 351.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.8832, 7.9017, 11.6183)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E255F #258E54

analogous

#88258E #8E255F #8E252B

triadic

#8E255F #5F8E25 #255F8E

tetradic

#8E255F #8E8825 #258E54 #252B8E

square

#8E255F #8E8825 #258E54 #252B8E

split-complementary

#8E255F #2B8E25 #258E88

monochromatic

#2D0C1E #5D183F #8E255F #BF327F #D45A9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8E255F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8E255F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E255F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E255F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E255F	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364361

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#54565D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e255f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 37, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.151 351.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3698c',
    500: '#8e255f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e255f;
$custom-light: #b3698c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e255f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.857,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44904,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 351.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E255F

secondary

#56B982

accent

#E28C46

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#12070C

muted

#817A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E255F

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

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