#8E596E#8E596E

#8E596E is a mid, moderate pink. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.075 H 354.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E596E
RGB	rgb(142, 89, 110)
HSL	hsl(336, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(336, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.27, 24.92, -2.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.27, 25.07, 353.61°)
OKLab	oklab(52.92% 0.0747 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(52.92% 0.075 354.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5425, 14.0224, 16.5314)
Luminance	0.1402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E596E #598E79

analogous

#8E5989 #8E596E #8E5E59

triadic

#8E596E #6E8E59 #596E8E

tetradic

#8E596E #898E59 #598E79 #5E598E

square

#8E596E #898E59 #598E79 #5E598E

split-complementary

#8E596E #598E5E #59898E

monochromatic

#432A34 #684151 #8E596E #AB798D #C39FAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#8E596E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#8E596E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E596E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E596E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E596E	1.00	5.52	3.80	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F636F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6C6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e596e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 89, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.075 354.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b08997',
    500: '#8e596e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e596e;
$custom-light: #b08997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e596e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336.226,
    "s": 22.944,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52923,
    "c": 0.07504,
    "h": 354.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E596E

secondary

#92B0A5

accent

#BF9D68

background

#FAF8F9

surface

#F5F0F2

border

#CFCBCC

text

#110B0D

muted

#807C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E596E

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

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