#8B256E#8B256E

#8B256E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 45.1% C 0.158 H 341.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B256E
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(317, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(317, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 49.94, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 53.27, 339.62°)
OKLab	oklab(45.06% 0.1496 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(45.06% 0.158 341.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.1239, 7.9393, 15.5374)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B256E #258B42

analogous

#75258B #8B256E #8B253B

triadic

#8B256E #6E8B25 #256E8B

tetradic

#8B256E #8B7525 #258B42 #253B8B

square

#8B256E #8B7525 #258B42 #253B8B

split-complementary

#8B256E #3B8B25 #258B75

monochromatic

#2A0B22 #5B1848 #8B256E #BB3294 #D358B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12

#8B256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B256E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B256E	1.00	8.12	2.59	8.12
#FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E4570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E566C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#942746

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.1% 0.158 341.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06997',
    500: '#8b256e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b256e;
$custom-light: #b06997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.059,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45064,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 341.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B256E

secondary

#55B771

accent

#E17347

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6EBF2

border

#D0C6CC

text

#11070D

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B256E

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

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