#8B1856#8B1856

#8B1856 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.158 H 353.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1856
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 86)
HSL	hsl(328, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(328, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 51.07, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 51.53, 352.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1571 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.158 353.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6547, 6.8157, 9.4515)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1856 #188B4D

analogous

#87188B #8B1856 #8B181D

triadic

#8B1856 #568B18 #18568B

tetradic

#8B1856 #8B8718 #188B4D #181D8B

square

#8B1856 #8B8718 #188B4D #181D8B

split-complementary

#8B1856 #1D8B18 #188B87

monochromatic

#230615 #570F36 #8B1856 #BF2176 #DE3F95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B1856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B1856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1856

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1856	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.158 353.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26385',
    500: '#8b1856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1856;
$custom-light: #b26385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.652,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42939,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 353.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1856

secondary

#40BE7A

accent

#ED8D3A

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1856

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

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