#8B2032#8B2032

#8B2032 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2032
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 50)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 45.39, 16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 48.35, 20.15°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1356 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.141 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7409, 6.7540, 3.7024)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2032 #208B79

analogous

#8B2067 #8B2032 #8B4420

triadic

#8B2032 #328B20 #20328B

tetradic

#8B2032 #678B20 #208B79 #44208B

square

#8B2032 #678B20 #208B79 #44208B

split-complementary

#8B2032 #208B44 #20678B

monochromatic

#28090E #591520 #8B2032 #BD2B44 #D64F66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B2032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2032 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2032

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2032	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36569',
    500: '#8b2032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2032;
$custom-light: #b36569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.907,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42499,
    "c": 0.14149,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2032

secondary

#4DBAA7

accent

#E6CA42

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2032

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

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