#8B202C#8B202C

#8B202C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.142 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B202C
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 44)
HSL	hsl(353, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.13, 45.02, 20.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.13, 49.43, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.1331 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.142 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6199, 6.7056, 3.0648)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B202C #208B7F

analogous

#8B2061 #8B202C #8B4920

triadic

#8B202C #2C8B20 #202C8B

tetradic

#8B202C #618B20 #208B7F #49208B

square

#8B202C #618B20 #208B7F #49208B

split-complementary

#8B202C #208B49 #20618B

monochromatic

#28090D #59151C #8B202C #BD2B3C #D64F5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.97

#8B202C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B202C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B202C

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B202C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B202C	1.00	8.97	2.34	8.97
#FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b202c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.142 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46565',
    500: '#8b202c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b202c;
$custom-light: #b46565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b202c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42379,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B202C

secondary

#4DBAAD

accent

#E6D342

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B202C

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

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