#8B2172#8B2172

#8B2172 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.165 H 339.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2172
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(314, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(314, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 51.92, -21.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 56.22, 337.44°)
OKLab	oklab(44.9% 0.1545 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(44.9% 0.165 339.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.2289, 7.7930, 16.6712)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2172 #218B3A

analogous

#6F218B #8B2172 #8B213D

triadic

#8B2172 #728B21 #21728B

tetradic

#8B2172 #8B6F21 #218B3A #213D8B

square

#8B2172 #8B6F21 #218B3A #213D8B

split-complementary

#8B2172 #3D8B21 #218B6F

monochromatic

#280A21 #5A1549 #8B2172 #BC2D9B #D651B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8B2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2172

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2172	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#284474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#932547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.165 339.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0689a',
    500: '#8b2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2172;
$custom-light: #b0689a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 314.151,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44902,
    "c": 0.16511,
    "h": 339.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2172

secondary

#4FB968

accent

#E56943

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2172

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

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