#8B255E#8B255E

#8B255E is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.148 H 350.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B255E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 94)
HSL	hsl(326, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(326, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 47.78, -9.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 48.69, 348.93°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.1459 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.148 350.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3301, 7.6218, 11.3567)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B255E #258B52

analogous

#85258B #8B255E #8B252B

triadic

#8B255E #5E8B25 #255E8B

tetradic

#8B255E #8B8525 #258B52 #252B8B

square

#8B255E #8B8525 #258B52 #252B8B

split-complementary

#8B255E #2B8B25 #258B85

monochromatic

#2A0B1D #5B183D #8B255E #BB327F #D3589C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B255E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B255E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B255E

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B255E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B255E	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#354260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#52555C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#951F3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b255e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.148 350.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1698b',
    500: '#8b255e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b255e;
$custom-light: #b1698b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b255e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.471,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44352,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 350.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B255E

secondary

#55B780

accent

#E18B47

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6EBF0

border

#D0C6CB

text

#11070C

muted

#807A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B255E

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

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