#8B2553#8B2553

#8B2553 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.143 H 357.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2553
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 83)
HSL	hsl(333, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(333, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 40.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 46.48, -2.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 46.57, 356.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1426 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.143 357.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.8712, 7.4382, 8.9399)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2553 #258B5D

analogous

#8B2586 #8B2553 #8B2A25

triadic

#8B2553 #538B25 #25538B

tetradic

#8B2553 #868B25 #258B5D #2A258B

square

#8B2553 #868B25 #258B5D #2A258B

split-complementary

#8B2553 #258B2A #25868B

monochromatic

#2A0B19 #5B1836 #8B2553 #BB3270 #D3588F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8B2553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2553 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2553

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2553	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)

#394154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#555451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#971939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.143 357.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16883',
    500: '#8b2553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2553;
$custom-light: #b16883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.941,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4393,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 357.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2553

secondary

#55B78B

accent

#E19B47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBEF

border

#D0C6CA

text

#11070A

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2553

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

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