#8B2B56#8B2B56

#8B2B56 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.136 H 356.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B56
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 86)
HSL	hsl(333, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(333, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 38.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.75, 44.42, -3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.75, 44.55, 355.71°)
OKLab	oklab(44.68% 0.136 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(44.68% 0.136 356.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.1919, 7.8901, 9.6305)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B56 #2B8B60

analogous

#8B2B86 #8B2B56 #8B302B

triadic

#8B2B56 #568B2B #2B568B

tetradic

#8B2B56 #868B2B #2B8B60 #302B8B

square

#8B2B56 #868B2B #2B8B60 #302B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B56 #2B8B30 #2B868B

monochromatic

#2E0E1C #5C1D39 #8B2B56 #BA3973 #CE6293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#8B2B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B2B56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B56

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B56	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C4457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96223D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.136 356.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16b85',
    500: '#8b2b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b56;
$custom-light: #b16b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44677,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 356.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B56

secondary

#5DB58D

accent

#DC9B4C

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6ECEF

border

#D0C7CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B56

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

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