#8B236C#8B236C

#8B236C is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.159 H 342.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B236C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 108)
HSL	hsl(318, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(318, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 22.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.51, 50.37, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.51, 53.43, 340.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.78% 0.1514 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(44.78% 0.159 342.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.9557, 7.7752, 14.9502)
Luminance	0.0777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B236C #238B42

analogous

#76238B #8B236C #8B2338

triadic

#8B236C #6C8B23 #236C8B

tetradic

#8B236C #8B7623 #238B42 #23388B

square

#8B236C #8B7623 #238B42 #23388B

split-complementary

#8B236C #388B23 #238B76

monochromatic

#290A20 #5A1746 #8B236C #BC2F92 #D454AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8B236C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B236C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B236C

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B236C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B236C	1.00	8.22	2.55	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D446E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D556A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b236c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.159 342.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06896',
    500: '#8b236c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b236c;
$custom-light: #b06896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b236c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.885,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44783,
    "c": 0.15877,
    "h": 342.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B236C

secondary

#52B870

accent

#E37445

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B236C

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

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