#8B2240#8B2240

#8B2240 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.141 H 8.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2240
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 64)
HSL	hsl(343, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(343, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.82, 45.73, 8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.82, 46.47, 10.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1391 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.141 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.1460, 7.0049, 5.5620)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2240 #228B6D

analogous

#8B2275 #8B2240 #8B3922

triadic

#8B2240 #408B22 #22408B

tetradic

#8B2240 #758B22 #228B6D #39228B

square

#8B2240 #758B22 #228B6D #39228B

split-complementary

#8B2240 #228B39 #22758B

monochromatic

#290A13 #5A1629 #8B2240 #BC2E57 #D55378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8B2240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2240

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2240	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58533D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98072E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.141 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26774',
    500: '#8b2240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2240;
$custom-light: #b26774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43032,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2240

secondary

#50B89B

accent

#E4B644

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2240

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

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