#8B255C#8B255C

#8B255C is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.147 H 351.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B255C
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 92)
HSL	hsl(328, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(328, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 33.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 47.54, -8.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 48.23, 350.25°)
OKLab	oklab(44.27% 0.1454 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(44.27% 0.147 351.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2415, 7.5863, 10.8901)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B255C #258B54

analogous

#87258B #8B255C #8B2529

triadic

#8B255C #5C8B25 #255C8B

tetradic

#8B255C #8B8725 #258B54 #25298B

square

#8B255C #8B8725 #258B54 #25298B

split-complementary

#8B255C #298B25 #258B87

monochromatic

#2A0B1C #5B183C #8B255C #BB327C #D3589A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B255C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B255C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B255C

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B255C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B255C	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#36425E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#53555A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#961E3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b255c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.147 351.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1698a',
    500: '#8b255c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b255c;
$custom-light: #b1698a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b255c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.647,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44271,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 351.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B255C

secondary

#55B782

accent

#E18E47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B255C

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

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