Tailwind CSS v3 color
Tailwind rose-900 #881337
Tailwind CSS v3's rose-900 is #881337. It is a dark soft wine in the pink family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.410, chroma 0.150 and hue 10.3°. The nearest CSS named color is brown (#A52A2A), ΔE2000 12.5 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.0598
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.410 · 0.150 · 10.3
- Best text
- White 9.56:1
- Hue family
- Pink
#881337 color codes
- HEX
#881337- RGB
rgb(136, 19, 55)- HSL
hsl(342, 75%, 30%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.410 0.150 10.3)- OKLab
oklab(0.410 0.148 0.027)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 29.36, a* 48.73, b* 10.71- XYZ (D65)
X 11.08, Y 5.98, Z 4.18- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 86%, 60%, 47%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #881337 accessible?
White text on it reaches 9.56:1, passing AAA. Black text fails at 2.19:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
2.19:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +13
-
White text on it
9.56:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −94
-
As text on black
2.19:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −11
-
As text on white
9.56:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +90
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#881337 9.56:1
It already reaches 9.56:1 on white, so no change is needed.
-
For text on black
#C24D65 4.54:1
Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.41 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on black, keeping the hue.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #881337 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #881337
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #881337 sits at step 800.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Tailwind CSS v3 rose scale
The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.
Gamut
How vivid #881337 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.164; #881337 uses 91% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.185 there: 13% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.150
- sRGB edge
- 0.164
- Display P3 edge
- 0.185
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.217
- Dominant wavelength
- Complementary 494 nm
- Excitation purity
- 55%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.5215, y 0.2814
- This color#881337
- Most vivid in sRGB#8D0035
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.410 0.185 10.3)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #881337;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5273 0 0.2015); }
}
Mixing
Mixing #881337
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C4899B
- OKLab50%#CA8D95
- OKLCH50%#CA8D95
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#440A1C
- OKLab50%#31030F
- OKLCH50%#31030F
Its complement #005653
- sRGB50%#443545
- OKLab50%#5E4145
- OKLCH50%#414084
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #881337, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #881337 50%, white);
In use
#881337 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.56:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.56:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:19.56:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.56:1 Passes
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:19.56:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.95:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.95:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.95:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CC566E 4.57:1
Color vision
How #881337 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.6; tritanopia changes it least, 7.4.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#363638 ΔE2000 25.4
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#534D34 ΔE2000 32.6
Distinct
Reads as dark grayish brown
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#950024 ΔE2000 7.4
Noticeable
Reads as dark vivid red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#454545 ΔE2000 25.0
Distinct
Reads as dark gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #005653. Their lightness contrast is only 1.11:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #881337 · #005653 | 50.0 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #363638 · #505153 | 9.0 | Harder to tell apart |
| Deuteranopia | #534D34 · #454954 | 18.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #950024 · #005955 | 51.1 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #454545 · #4C4C4C | 2.4 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #881337
Its complement is #005653, a dark muted teal, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#881337
- Complement#005653
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#7B1C63
- Base#881337
- +30°#812900
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#881337
- +120°#355600
- +240°#004C87
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#881337
- +150°#005939
- +210°#005367
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-rose-900: #881337;
}
// tailwind.config.js — already built in as rose-900;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
rose: { 900: '#881337' },
},
},
},
};
/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
/* v4 has its own rose-900; this pins the v3 value. */
--color-rose-900: oklch(0.410 0.150 10.3);
}
{
"color": {
"rose-900": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5333, 0.0745, 0.2157],
"hex": "#881337"
},
"$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 rose-900"
}
}
}
import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let rose900 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.533, green: 0.075, blue: 0.216, opacity: 1)
}
import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Rose900 = Color(0xFF881337)
}
Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #881337 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.