#8B2253#8B2253

#8B2253 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.146 H 356.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2253
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 83)
HSL	hsl(332, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(332, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 40.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.39, 47.59, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.39, 47.71, 355.91°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1461 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.146 356.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.7817, 7.2591, 8.9100)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2253 #228B5A

analogous

#8B2288 #8B2253 #8B2622

triadic

#8B2253 #538B22 #22538B

tetradic

#8B2253 #888B22 #228B5A #26228B

square

#8B2253 #888B22 #228B5A #26228B

split-complementary

#8B2253 #228B26 #22888B

monochromatic

#290A18 #5A1636 #8B2253 #BC2E70 #D5538F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8B2253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2253 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2253

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2253	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.146 356.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16783',
    500: '#8b2253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2253;
$custom-light: #b16783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4364,
    "c": 0.14633,
    "h": 356.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2253

secondary

#50B888

accent

#E49944

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2253

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

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