#8B2242#8B2242

#8B2242 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.141 H 7.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2242
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 66)
HSL	hsl(342, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(342, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 45.91, 6.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 46.44, 8.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.09% 0.1399 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(43.09% 0.141 7.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.2039, 7.0280, 5.8671)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2242 #228B6B

analogous

#8B2277 #8B2242 #8B3722

triadic

#8B2242 #428B22 #22428B

tetradic

#8B2242 #778B22 #228B6B #37228B

square

#8B2242 #778B22 #228B6B #37228B

split-complementary

#8B2242 #228B37 #22778B

monochromatic

#290A13 #5A162B #8B2242 #BC2E59 #D5537A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8B2242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2242

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2242	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57533F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98092F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.141 7.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26776',
    500: '#8b2242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2242;
$custom-light: #b26776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.714,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43088,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 7.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2242

secondary

#50B899

accent

#E4B344

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120608

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2242

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

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