#8B1837#8B1837

#8B1837 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.149 H 11.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1837
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 55)
HSL	hsl(344, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(344, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 48.27, 12.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 49.81, 14.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1459 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.149 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6649, 6.4198, 4.2386)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1837 #188B6C

analogous

#8B1871 #8B1837 #8B3318

triadic

#8B1837 #378B18 #18378B

tetradic

#8B1837 #718B18 #188B6C #33188B

square

#8B1837 #718B18 #188B6C #33188B

split-complementary

#8B1837 #188B33 #18718B

monochromatic

#23060E #570F22 #8B1837 #BF214C #DE3F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B1837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1837

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1837	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.149 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3626d',
    500: '#8b1837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1837;
$custom-light: #b3626d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.826,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41948,
    "c": 0.14902,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1837

secondary

#40BE9C

accent

#EDBD3A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1837

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

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