#8B2159#8B2159

#8B2159 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.150 H 353.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2159
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 89)
HSL	hsl(328, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(328, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 48.62, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 49.15, 351.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1491 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.15 353)
XYZ	xyz(12.9953, 7.2995, 10.1739)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2159 #218B53

analogous

#88218B #8B2159 #8B2124

triadic

#8B2159 #598B21 #21598B

tetradic

#8B2159 #8B8821 #218B53 #21248B

square

#8B2159 #8B8821 #218B53 #21248B

split-complementary

#8B2159 #248B21 #218B88

monochromatic

#280A1A #5A1539 #8B2159 #BC2D79 #D65197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2159

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2159	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#34405A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96173A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.150 353.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16787',
    500: '#8b2159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2159;
$custom-light: #b16787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.302,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43775,
    "c": 0.15019,
    "h": 353
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2159

secondary

#4FB981

accent

#E58F43

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2159

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

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