#8E2E55#8E2E55

#8E2E55 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.5% C 0.135 H 358.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8E2E55
RGBrgb(142, 46, 85)
HSLhsl(336, 51%, 37%)
HSVhsv(336, 68%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.6%, 40.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(34.73, 43.97, -1.19)
CIE-LCHlch(34.73, 43.99, 358.45°)
OKLaboklab(45.49% 0.1346 -0.0026)
OKLCHoklch(45.49% 0.135 358.9)
XYZxyz(13.7729, 8.3623, 9.4813)
Luminance0.0836 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8E2E55 #2E8E67
analogous
#8E2E85 #8E2E55 #8E372E
triadic
#8E2E55 #558E2E #2E558E
tetradic
#8E2E55 #858E2E #2E8E67 #372E8E
square
#8E2E55 #858E2E #2E8E67 #372E8E
split-complementary
#8E2E55 #2E8E37 #2E858E
monochromatic
#32101E #601F39 #8E2E55 #BC3D71 #CE6892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86
#8E2E55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67
#8E2E55 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E2E55
7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8E2E55#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8E2E551.007.862.677.86
#FFFFFF7.861.0021.001.00
#0000002.6721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.861.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#404656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5A5853
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A243E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8e2e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.5% 0.135 358.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d84',
    500: '#8e2e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8e2e55;
$custom-light: #b36d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8e2e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45488,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 358.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8E2E55
secondary
#63B594
accent
#DBA14D
background
#FBF6F8
surface
#F6ECEF
border
#D0C7CA
text
#12070B
muted
#817A7C

Preview Lab

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#8E2E55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva