#8B2123#8B2123

#8B2123 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.141 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2123
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 44.20, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 51.34, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1285 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.141 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4960, 6.6998, 2.2777)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2123 #218B89

analogous

#8B2158 #8B2123 #8B5421

triadic

#8B2123 #238B21 #21238B

tetradic

#8B2123 #588B21 #218B89 #54218B

square

#8B2123 #588B21 #218B89 #54218B

split-complementary

#8B2123 #218B54 #21588B

monochromatic

#280A0A #5A1517 #8B2123 #BC2D2F #D65153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B2123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2123 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2123

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2123	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)

#403B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.141 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655e',
    500: '#8b2123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2123;
$custom-light: #b5655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.868,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42323,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2123

secondary

#4FB9B7

accent

#E5E243

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2123

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

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