#8B2579#8B2579

#8B2579 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.165 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2579
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(311, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(311, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.38, 51.58, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.38, 57.18, 334.43°)
OKLab	oklab(45.62% 0.1512 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(45.62% 0.165 336)
XYZ	xyz(14.7604, 8.1939, 18.8897)
Luminance	0.0819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2579 #258B37

analogous

#6A258B #8B2579 #8B2546

triadic

#8B2579 #798B25 #25798B

tetradic

#8B2579 #8B6A25 #258B37 #25468B

square

#8B2579 #8B6A25 #258B37 #25468B

split-complementary

#8B2579 #468B25 #258B6A

monochromatic

#2A0B25 #5B184F #8B2579 #BB32A3 #D358BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.96

#8B2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64

#8B2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2579

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2579	1.00	7.96	2.64	7.96
#FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26477B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.165 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06aa0',
    500: '#8b2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2579;
$custom-light: #b06aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.588,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45618,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.08193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2579

secondary

#55B766

accent

#E16247

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6ECF2

border

#D0C7CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2579

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

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