#8B1957#8B1957

#8B1957 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.158 H 353.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1957
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 87)
HSL	hsl(327, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(327, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 50.91, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 51.43, 351.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1565 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.158 353.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.7162, 6.8739, 9.6721)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1957 #198B4D

analogous

#86198B #8B1957 #8B191E

triadic

#8B1957 #578B19 #19578B

tetradic

#8B1957 #8B8619 #198B4D #191E8B

square

#8B1957 #8B8619 #198B4D #191E8B

split-complementary

#8B1957 #1E8B19 #198B86

monochromatic

#230616 #571037 #8B1957 #BF2277 #DD4196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B1957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B1957 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1957

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1957	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.158 353.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16486',
    500: '#8b1957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1957;
$custom-light: #b16486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43049,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 353.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1957

secondary

#42BE7A

accent

#EC8C3B

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1957

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

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