#8B2B59#8B2B59

#8B2B59 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.8% C 0.138 H 354.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2B59
RGBrgb(139, 43, 89)
HSLhsl(331, 53%, 36%)
HSVhsv(331, 69%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 69.1%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(33.86, 44.78, -5.11)
CIE-LCHlch(33.86, 45.07, 353.49°)
OKLaboklab(44.79% 0.137 -0.0129)
OKLCHoklch(44.79% 0.138 354.6)
XYZxyz(13.3153, 7.9395, 10.2805)
Luminance0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familypink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2B59 #2B8B5D
analogous
#8B2B89 #8B2B59 #8B2D2B
triadic
#8B2B59 #598B2B #2B598B
tetradic
#8B2B59 #898B2B #2B8B5D #2D2B8B
square
#8B2B59 #898B2B #2B8B5D #2D2B8B
split-complementary
#8B2B59 #2B8B2D #2B898B
monochromatic
#2E0E1D #5C1D3B #8B2B59 #BA3977 #CE6296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.12
#8B2B59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59
#8B2B59 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B59
8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2B59#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B2B591.008.122.598.12
#FFFFFF8.121.0021.001.00
#0000002.5921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3B445A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#565657
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#96233E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.8% 0.138 354.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16c87',
    500: '#8b2b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2b59;
$custom-light: #b16c87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44787,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 354.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2B59
secondary
#5DB58B
accent
#DC974C
background
#FBF6F8
surface
#F6ECEF
border
#D0C7CA
text
#11070B
muted
#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B59

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#8B2B59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva