#8B2357#8B2357

#8B2357 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.147 H 354.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2357
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 87)
HSL	hsl(330, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(330, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 37.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 47.68, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 48.01, 353.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.1462 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.147 354.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9696, 7.3807, 9.7566)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2357 #238B57

analogous

#8B238B #8B2357 #8B2323

triadic

#8B2357 #578B23 #23578B

tetradic

#8B2357 #8B8B23 #238B57 #23238B

square

#8B2357 #8B8B23 #238B57 #23238B

split-complementary

#8B2357 #238B23 #238B8B

monochromatic

#290A1A #5A1738 #8B2357 #BC2F76 #D45494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8B2357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2357 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2357

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2357	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#364158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96193A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.147 354.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16886',
    500: '#8b2357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2357;
$custom-light: #b16886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43883,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 354.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2357

secondary

#52B885

accent

#E39445

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2357

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

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