#8B2156#8B2156

#8B2156 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.149 H 354.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2156
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 86)
HSL	hsl(330, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(330, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 48.28, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 48.58, 353.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1482 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.149 354.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.8719, 7.2501, 9.5239)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2156 #218B56

analogous

#8B218B #8B2156 #8B2121

triadic

#8B2156 #568B21 #21568B

tetradic

#8B2156 #8B8B21 #218B56 #21218B

square

#8B2156 #8B8B21 #218B56 #21218B

split-complementary

#8B2156 #218B21 #218B8B

monochromatic

#280A19 #5A1537 #8B2156 #BC2D75 #D65193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8B2156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2156

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2156	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.149 354.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16785',
    500: '#8b2156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2156;
$custom-light: #b16785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43659,
    "c": 0.14878,
    "h": 354.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2156

secondary

#4FB984

accent

#E59443

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2156

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

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