#8B2157#8B2157

#8B2157 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.149 H 354.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2157
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 87)
HSL	hsl(329, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(329, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 48.39, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 48.76, 352.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1485 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.149 354.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.9124, 7.2664, 9.7375)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2157 #218B55

analogous

#8A218B #8B2157 #8B2122

triadic

#8B2157 #578B21 #21578B

tetradic

#8B2157 #8B8A21 #218B55 #21228B

square

#8B2157 #8B8A21 #218B55 #21228B

split-complementary

#8B2157 #228B21 #218B8A

monochromatic

#280A19 #5A1538 #8B2157 #BC2D76 #D65194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8B2157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2157

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2157	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.149 354.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16786',
    500: '#8b2157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2157;
$custom-light: #b16786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 329.434,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43698,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 354.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2157

secondary

#4FB983

accent

#E59243

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11060B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2157

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

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