#8B235B#8B235B

#8B235B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.149 H 352.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B235B
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 91)
HSL	hsl(328, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(328, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 48.15, -7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 48.81, 350.59°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.1474 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.149 352.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.1376, 7.4479, 10.6412)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B235B #238B53

analogous

#87238B #8B235B #8B2327

triadic

#8B235B #5B8B23 #235B8B

tetradic

#8B235B #8B8723 #238B53 #23278B

square

#8B235B #8B8723 #238B53 #23278B

split-complementary

#8B235B #278B23 #238B87

monochromatic

#290A1B #5A173B #8B235B #BC2F7B #D45499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8B235B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B235B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B235B

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B235B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B235B	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#35415D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961B3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b235b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.149 352.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16889',
    500: '#8b235b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b235b;
$custom-light: #b16889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b235b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.692,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44039,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 352.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B235B

secondary

#52B881

accent

#E38E45

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B235B

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

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