#8B2356#8B2356

#8B2356 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.146 H 355.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2356
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 86)
HSL	hsl(331, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(331, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.62, 47.56, -5.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.62, 47.83, 353.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.1459 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.146 355.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9290, 7.3645, 9.5429)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2356 #238B58

analogous

#8B238A #8B2356 #8B2423

triadic

#8B2356 #568B23 #23568B

tetradic

#8B2356 #8A8B23 #238B58 #24238B

square

#8B2356 #8A8B23 #238B58 #24238B

split-complementary

#8B2356 #238B24 #238A8B

monochromatic

#290A1A #5A1738 #8B2356 #BC2F74 #D45493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8B2356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2356 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2356

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2356	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#374057

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.146 355.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16885',
    500: '#8b2356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2356;
$custom-light: #b16885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43845,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 355.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2356

secondary

#52B886

accent

#E39545

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2356

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

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