#8B2252#8B2252

#8B2252 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.146 H 357.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2252
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 82)
HSL	hsl(333, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(333, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 41%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 47.48, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 47.56, 356.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.6% 0.1458 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(43.6% 0.146 357.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.7434, 7.2438, 8.7081)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2252 #228B5B

analogous

#8B2287 #8B2252 #8B2622

triadic

#8B2252 #528B22 #22528B

tetradic

#8B2252 #878B22 #228B5B #26228B

square

#8B2252 #878B22 #228B5B #26228B

split-complementary

#8B2252 #228B26 #22878B

monochromatic

#290A18 #5A1635 #8B2252 #BC2E6F #D5538E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8B2252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2252

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2252	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.146 357.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16782',
    500: '#8b2252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2252;
$custom-light: #b16782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43603,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 357.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2252

secondary

#50B889

accent

#E49B44

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBEE

border

#D0C6C9

text

#11070A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2252

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

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