#8B202B#8B202B

#8B202B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.142 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B202B
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 44.96, 21.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 49.64, 25.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.36% 0.1327 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(42.36% 0.142 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6013, 6.6982, 2.9670)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B202B #208B80

analogous

#8B2060 #8B202B #8B4A20

triadic

#8B202B #2B8B20 #202B8B

tetradic

#8B202B #608B20 #208B80 #4A208B

square

#8B202B #608B20 #208B80 #4A208B

split-complementary

#8B202B #208B4A #20608B

monochromatic

#28090C #59151C #8B202B #BD2B3A #D64F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B202B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B202B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B202B

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B202B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B202B	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b202b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.142 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46564',
    500: '#8b202b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b202b;
$custom-light: #b46564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b202b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4236,
    "c": 0.14166,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B202B

secondary

#4DBAAE

accent

#E6D542

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B202B

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

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