#8B2256#8B2256

#8B2256 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.148 H 354.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2256
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 86)
HSL	hsl(330, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(330, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 47.92, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 48.21, 353.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.147 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.148 354.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.9000, 7.3065, 9.5333)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2256 #228B57

analogous

#8B228B #8B2256 #8B2322

triadic

#8B2256 #568B22 #22568B

tetradic

#8B2256 #8B8B22 #228B57 #23228B

square

#8B2256 #8B8B22 #228B57 #23228B

split-complementary

#8B2256 #228B23 #228B8B

monochromatic

#290A19 #5A1638 #8B2256 #BC2E74 #D55393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B2256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2256 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2256

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2256	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.148 354.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16785',
    500: '#8b2256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2256;
$custom-light: #b16785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43751,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 354.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2256

secondary

#50B885

accent

#E49544

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2256

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

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