#8B1959#8B1959

#8B1959 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.159 H 352.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1959
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 89)
HSL	hsl(326, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(326, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 51.13, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 51.83, 350.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.157 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.159 352)
XYZ	xyz(12.7991, 6.9071, 10.1085)
Luminance	0.0691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1959 #198B4B

analogous

#84198B #8B1959 #8B1920

triadic

#8B1959 #598B19 #19598B

tetradic

#8B1959 #8B8419 #198B4B #19208B

square

#8B1959 #8B8419 #198B4B #19208B

split-complementary

#8B1959 #208B19 #198B84

monochromatic

#230617 #571038 #8B1959 #BF227A #DD4199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B1959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B1959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1959

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1959	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#303D5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#960C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.159 352.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16487',
    500: '#8b1959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1959;
$custom-light: #b16487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4313,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 352
  },
  "luminance": 0.06905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1959

secondary

#42BE78

accent

#EC893B

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1959

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

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