#8B2037#8B2037

#8B2037 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.142 H 13.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2037
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 55)
HSL	hsl(347, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 45.74, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 47.69, 16.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1377 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.142 13.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8547, 6.7995, 4.3019)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2037 #208B74

analogous

#8B206C #8B2037 #8B3E20

triadic

#8B2037 #378B20 #20378B

tetradic

#8B2037 #6C8B20 #208B74 #3E208B

square

#8B2037 #6C8B20 #208B74 #3E208B

split-complementary

#8B2037 #208B3E #206C8B

monochromatic

#280910 #591523 #8B2037 #BD2B4B #D64F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8B2037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2037 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2037

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2037	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.142 13.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656d',
    500: '#8b2037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2037;
$custom-light: #b3656d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.103,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42612,
    "c": 0.14169,
    "h": 13.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2037

secondary

#4DBAA2

accent

#E6C242

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2037

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

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