#8B2255#8B2255

#8B2255 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.147 H 355.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2255
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 85)
HSL	hsl(331, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(331, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 38.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 47.81, -4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 48.03, 354.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1467 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.147 355.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.8600, 7.2905, 9.3226)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2255 #228B58

analogous

#8B228A #8B2255 #8B2322

triadic

#8B2255 #558B22 #22558B

tetradic

#8B2255 #8A8B22 #228B58 #23228B

square

#8B2255 #8A8B22 #228B58 #23228B

split-complementary

#8B2255 #228B23 #228A8B

monochromatic

#290A19 #5A1637 #8B2255 #BC2E73 #D55392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2255

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2255	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.147 355.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16784',
    500: '#8b2255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2255;
$custom-light: #b16784;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43713,
    "c": 0.14718,
    "h": 355.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2255

secondary

#50B886

accent

#E49644

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2255

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

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