#8B256C#8B256C

#8B256C is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.156 H 342.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B256C
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(318, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(318, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 22.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.77, 49.65, -17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.77, 52.62, 340.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.97% 0.1492 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(44.97% 0.156 342.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0163, 7.8962, 14.9704)
Luminance	0.0790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B256C #258B44

analogous

#77258B #8B256C #8B2539

triadic

#8B256C #6C8B25 #256C8B

tetradic

#8B256C #8B7725 #258B44 #25398B

square

#8B256C #8B7725 #258B44 #25398B

split-complementary

#8B256C #398B25 #258B77

monochromatic

#2A0B21 #5B1846 #8B256C #BB3292 #D358AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8B256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B256C

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B256C	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F456E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E556A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.156 342.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06996',
    500: '#8b256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b256c;
$custom-light: #b06996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.235,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44969,
    "c": 0.15633,
    "h": 342.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B256C

secondary

#55B773

accent

#E17647

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B256C

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

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