#8B223E#8B223E

#8B223E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.140 H 9.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B223E
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(344, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(344, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.77, 45.57, 9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.77, 46.54, 11.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.98% 0.1383 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(42.98% 0.14 9.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0901, 6.9825, 5.2676)
Luminance	0.0698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B223E #228B6F

analogous

#8B2273 #8B223E #8B3B22

triadic

#8B223E #3E8B22 #223E8B

tetradic

#8B223E #738B22 #228B6F #3B228B

square

#8B223E #738B22 #228B6F #3B228B

split-complementary

#8B223E #228B3B #22738B

monochromatic

#290A12 #5A1628 #8B223E #BC2E54 #D55375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8B223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B223E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B223E	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58523B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98062E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.140 9.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36673',
    500: '#8b223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b223e;
$custom-light: #b36673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42977,
    "c": 0.14036,
    "h": 9.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B223E

secondary

#50B89D

accent

#E4B944

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B223E

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

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