#8B2023#8B2023

#8B2023 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2023
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 35)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 44.55, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 51.57, 30.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.1296 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.142 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4687, 6.6451, 2.2685)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2023 #208B88

analogous

#8B2058 #8B2023 #8B5220

triadic

#8B2023 #238B20 #20238B

tetradic

#8B2023 #588B20 #208B88 #52208B

square

#8B2023 #588B20 #208B88 #52208B

split-complementary

#8B2023 #208B52 #20588B

monochromatic

#28090A #591516 #8B2023 #BD2B30 #D64F53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8B2023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2023 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2023

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2023	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655e',
    500: '#8b2023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2023;
$custom-light: #b5655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.318,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42227,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2023

secondary

#4DBAB7

accent

#E6E142

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2023

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

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