#8B1656#8B1656

#8B1656 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.160 H 353.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1656
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 86)
HSL	hsl(327, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(327, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 51.60, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 52.09, 352.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1587 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.16 353.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6149, 6.7363, 9.4382)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1656 #168B4B

analogous

#86168B #8B1656 #8B161C

triadic

#8B1656 #568B16 #16568B

tetradic

#8B1656 #8B8616 #168B4B #161C8B

square

#8B1656 #8B8616 #168B4B #161C8B

split-complementary

#8B1656 #1C8B16 #168B86

monochromatic

#210515 #560E35 #8B1656 #C01E77 #E03B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B1656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B1656 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1656

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1656	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F3C58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.160 353.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26385',
    500: '#8b1656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1656;
$custom-light: #b26385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42805,
    "c": 0.15978,
    "h": 353.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1656

secondary

#3EBF78

accent

#EF8B38

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#12060B

muted

#817A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1656

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

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