#8B2277#8B2277

#8B2277 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.168 H 336.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2277
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 119)
HSL	hsl(311, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(311, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 14.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.91, 52.33, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.91, 57.63, 335.22°)
OKLab	oklab(45.25% 0.1541 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(45.25% 0.168 336.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5495, 7.9663, 18.2206)
Luminance	0.0796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2277 #228B36

analogous

#6B228B #8B2277 #8B2242

triadic

#8B2277 #778B22 #22778B

tetradic

#8B2277 #8B6B22 #228B36 #22428B

square

#8B2277 #8B6B22 #228B36 #22428B

split-complementary

#8B2277 #428B22 #228B6B

monochromatic

#290A23 #5A164D #8B2277 #BC2EA1 #D553BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#8B2277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B2277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2277

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2277	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#254679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93294A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.168 336.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0689e',
    500: '#8b2277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2277;
$custom-light: #b0689e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45246,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 336.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2277

secondary

#50B864

accent

#E46244

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2277

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

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