#8B1857#8B1857

#8B1857 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.159 H 353.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1857
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 87)
HSL	hsl(327, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(327, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 51.18, -7.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 51.72, 351.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1573 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.159 353.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.6952, 6.8320, 9.6651)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1857 #188B4C

analogous

#85188B #8B1857 #8B181E

triadic

#8B1857 #578B18 #18578B

tetradic

#8B1857 #8B8518 #188B4C #181E8B

square

#8B1857 #8B8518 #188B4C #181E8B

split-complementary

#8B1857 #1E8B18 #188B85

monochromatic

#230616 #570F36 #8B1857 #BF2178 #DE3F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B1857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B1857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1857

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1857	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.159 353.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26386',
    500: '#8b1857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1857;
$custom-light: #b26386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.13,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42979,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 353.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1857

secondary

#40BE79

accent

#ED8B3A

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1857

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

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