#8E2A55#8E2A55

#8E2A55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.140 H 358.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2A55
RGB	rgb(142, 42, 85)
HSL	hsl(334, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(334, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 45.65, -2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 45.70, 357.38°)
OKLab	oklab(45.04% 0.1399 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(45.04% 0.14 358)
XYZ	xyz(13.6239, 8.0642, 9.4317)
Luminance	0.0806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2A55 #2A8E63

analogous

#8E2A87 #8E2A55 #8E312A

triadic

#8E2A55 #558E2A #2A558E

tetradic

#8E2A55 #878E2A #2A8E63 #312A8E

square

#8E2A55 #878E2A #2A8E63 #312A8E

split-complementary

#8E2A55 #2A8E31 #2A878E

monochromatic

#300E1C #5F1C39 #8E2A55 #BD3871 #D16291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8E2A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8E2A55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2A55

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2A55	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D4456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 42, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.140 358.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b84',
    500: '#8e2a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2a55;
$custom-light: #b36b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45037,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 358
  },
  "luminance": 0.08063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2A55

secondary

#5DB690

accent

#DE9E4A

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6ECEF

border

#D0C7CA

text

#12070B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2A55

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

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