#8B2879#8B2879

#8B2879 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.162 H 336.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2879
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 121)
HSL	hsl(311, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(311, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.78, 50.47, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.78, 55.91, 334.51°)
OKLab	oklab(45.91% 0.1478 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(45.91% 0.162 336.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8577, 8.3883, 18.9221)
Luminance	0.0839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2879 #288B3A

analogous

#6B288B #8B2879 #8B2848

triadic

#8B2879 #798B28 #28798B

tetradic

#8B2879 #8B6B28 #288B3A #28488B

square

#8B2879 #8B6B28 #288B3A #28488B

split-complementary

#8B2879 #488B28 #288B6B

monochromatic

#2C0D26 #5B1A50 #8B2879 #BB36A2 #D05DBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.84

#8B2879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B2879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2879

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2879	1.00	7.84	2.68	7.84
#FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#29487B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#922E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.162 336.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b06ba0',
    500: '#8b2879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2879;
$custom-light: #b06ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.909,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45905,
    "c": 0.1617,
    "h": 336.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2879

secondary

#59B66A

accent

#DF6449

background

#FBF6F9

surface

#F6ECF2

border

#D0C7CC

text

#11070E

muted

#807A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2879

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

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