#8E2B59#8E2B59

#8E2B59 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.140 H 355.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E2B59
RGB	rgb(142, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(332, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(332, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.40, 45.71, -4.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.40, 45.90, 354.69°)
OKLab	oklab(45.29% 0.1399 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(45.29% 0.14 355.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.8232, 8.2014, 10.3043)
Luminance	0.0820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E2B59 #2B8E60

analogous

#8E2B8B #8E2B59 #8E2E2B

triadic

#8E2B59 #598E2B #2B598E

tetradic

#8E2B59 #8B8E2B #2B8E60 #2E2B8E

square

#8E2B59 #8B8E2B #2B8E60 #2E2B8E

split-complementary

#8E2B59 #2B8E2E #2B8B8E

monochromatic

#300F1E #5F1D3C #8E2B59 #BD3976 #D06396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.95

#8E2B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8E2B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2B59

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E2B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E2B59	1.00	7.95	2.64	7.95
#FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D455A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99223E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e2b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.140 355.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c87',
    500: '#8e2b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e2b59;
$custom-light: #b36c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e2b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.121,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4529,
    "c": 0.14031,
    "h": 355.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E2B59

secondary

#5FB68D

accent

#DD994B

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6ECEF

border

#D0C7CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E2B59

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

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