#8B1838#8B1838

#8B1838 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.149 H 11.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1838
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 56)
HSL	hsl(343, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(343, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 48.34, 11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 49.73, 13.57°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1463 0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.149 11.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6891, 6.4295, 4.3661)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1838 #188B6B

analogous

#8B1872 #8B1838 #8B3118

triadic

#8B1838 #388B18 #18388B

tetradic

#8B1838 #728B18 #188B6B #31188B

square

#8B1838 #728B18 #188B6B #31188B

split-complementary

#8B1838 #188B31 #18728B

monochromatic

#23060E #570F23 #8B1838 #BF214D #DE3F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8B1838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1838

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1838	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.149 11.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3626e',
    500: '#8b1838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1838;
$custom-light: #b3626e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.304,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 11.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1838

secondary

#40BE9B

accent

#EDBC3A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1838

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

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