#8B236D#8B236D

#8B236D is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.159 H 342.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B236D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(317, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(317, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 50.51, -18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 53.76, 340.00°)
OKLab	oklab(44.83% 0.1516 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(44.83% 0.159 342)
XYZ	xyz(14.0093, 7.7966, 15.2321)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B236D #238B41

analogous

#75238B #8B236D #8B2339

triadic

#8B236D #6D8B23 #236D8B

tetradic

#8B236D #8B7523 #238B41 #23398B

square

#8B236D #8B7523 #238B41 #23398B

split-complementary

#8B236D #398B23 #238B75

monochromatic

#290A20 #5A1747 #8B236D #BC2F93 #D454AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8B236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B236D

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B236D	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C446F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D556B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.159 342.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06897',
    500: '#8b236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b236d;
$custom-light: #b06897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.308,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44831,
    "c": 0.15942,
    "h": 342
  },
  "luminance": 0.07795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B236D

secondary

#52B86F

accent

#E37245

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B236D

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

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