#8B235E#8B235E

#8B235E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.150 H 350.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B235E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 94)
HSL	hsl(326, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(326, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 48.52, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 49.49, 348.65°)
OKLab	oklab(44.16% 0.1482 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(44.16% 0.15 350.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.2696, 7.5007, 11.3365)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B235E #238B50

analogous

#84238B #8B235E #8B232A

triadic

#8B235E #5E8B23 #235E8B

tetradic

#8B235E #8B8423 #238B50 #232A8B

square

#8B235E #8B8423 #238B50 #232A8B

split-complementary

#8B235E #2A8B23 #238B84

monochromatic

#290A1C #5A173D #8B235E #BC2F7F #D4549D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B235E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B235E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B235E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B235E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B235E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#344260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52545C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961C3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b235e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.150 350.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1688b',
    500: '#8b235e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b235e;
$custom-light: #b1688b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b235e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44161,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 350.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B235E

secondary

#52B87E

accent

#E38945

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B235E

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

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