#8B255B#8B255B

#8B255B is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.146 H 352.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B255B
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 91)
HSL	hsl(328, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(328, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 47.41, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 48.02, 350.92°)
OKLab	oklab(44.23% 0.1451 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(44.23% 0.146 352.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1981, 7.5690, 10.6614)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B255B #258B55

analogous

#88258B #8B255B #8B2528

triadic

#8B255B #5B8B25 #255B8B

tetradic

#8B255B #8B8825 #258B55 #25288B

square

#8B255B #8B8825 #258B55 #25288B

split-complementary

#8B255B #288B25 #258B88

monochromatic

#2A0B1C #5B183B #8B255B #BB327B #D35899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B255B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B255B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B255B

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B255B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B255B	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36425C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#535459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961D3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b255b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.146 352.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16989',
    500: '#8b255b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b255b;
$custom-light: #b16989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b255b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44232,
    "c": 0.1464,
    "h": 352.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B255B

secondary

#55B783

accent

#E18F47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B255B

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

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