#8B236E#8B236E

#8B236E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.160 H 341.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B236E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(317, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(317, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 50.66, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 54.09, 339.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.88% 0.1518 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(44.88% 0.16 341.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.0634, 7.8182, 15.5173)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B236E #238B40

analogous

#74238B #8B236E #8B233A

triadic

#8B236E #6E8B23 #236E8B

tetradic

#8B236E #8B7423 #238B40 #233A8B

square

#8B236E #8B7423 #238B40 #233A8B

split-complementary

#8B236E #3A8B23 #238B74

monochromatic

#290A21 #5A1747 #8B236E #BC2F95 #D454B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8B236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B236E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B236E	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C4470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D556C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.160 341.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06897',
    500: '#8b236e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b236e;
$custom-light: #b06897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44879,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 341.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B236E

secondary

#52B86E

accent

#E37145

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B236E

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

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