#8B2035#8B2035

#8B2035 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2035
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 53)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 45.60, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 47.93, 17.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1369 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.142 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8078, 6.7808, 4.0545)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2035 #208B76

analogous

#8B206A #8B2035 #8B4020

triadic

#8B2035 #358B20 #20358B

tetradic

#8B2035 #6A8B20 #208B76 #40208B

square

#8B2035 #6A8B20 #208B76 #40208B

split-complementary

#8B2035 #208B40 #206A8B

monochromatic

#28090F #591522 #8B2035 #BD2B48 #D64F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B2035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2035 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2035

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2035	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656c',
    500: '#8b2035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2035;
$custom-light: #b3656c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.224,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42565,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2035

secondary

#4DBAA4

accent

#E6C642

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2035

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

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