#8B2E55#8B2E55

#8B2E55 is a dark, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 45.0% C 0.132 H 357.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E55
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 85)
HSL	hsl(335, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(335, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 38.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.19, 43.01, -2.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.19, 43.06, 357.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.99% 0.1316 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(44.99% 0.132 357.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.2650, 8.1004, 9.4575)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E55 #2E8B64

analogous

#8B2E84 #8B2E55 #8B362E

triadic

#8B2E55 #558B2E #2E558B

tetradic

#8B2E55 #848B2E #2E8B64 #362E8B

square

#8B2E55 #848B2E #2E8B64 #362E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E55 #2E8B36 #2E848B

monochromatic

#2F101D #5D1F39 #8B2E55 #B93D71 #CD6791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B2E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B2E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E55

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E55	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F4556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.0% 0.132 357.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16d84',
    500: '#8b2e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e55;
$custom-light: #b16d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.839,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4499,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 357.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E55

secondary

#61B391

accent

#DA9F4E

background

#FBF6F8

surface

#F6ECEF

border

#D0C7CA

text

#11070B

muted

#807A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E55

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

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