#8B2126#8B2126

#8B2126 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2126
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 38)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.16, 44.34, 24.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.16, 50.56, 28.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1296 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.141 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5425, 6.7184, 2.5224)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2126 #218B86

analogous

#8B215B #8B2126 #8B5121

triadic

#8B2126 #268B21 #21268B

tetradic

#8B2126 #5B8B21 #218B86 #51218B

square

#8B2126 #5B8B21 #218B86 #51218B

split-complementary

#8B2126 #218B51 #215B8B

monochromatic

#280A0B #5A1518 #8B2126 #BC2D34 #D65157

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8B2126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2126 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2126

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2126	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46560',
    500: '#8b2126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2126;
$custom-light: #b46560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.17,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42369,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2126

secondary

#4FB9B4

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2126

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

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