#8B2127#8B2127

#8B2127 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2127
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 39)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.17, 44.39, 23.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.17, 50.31, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.13 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.141 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5588, 6.7249, 2.6085)
Luminance	0.0672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2127 #218B85

analogous

#8B215C #8B2127 #8B5021

triadic

#8B2127 #278B21 #21278B

tetradic

#8B2127 #5C8B21 #218B85 #50218B

square

#8B2127 #5C8B21 #218B85 #50218B

split-complementary

#8B2127 #218B50 #215C8B

monochromatic

#280A0B #5A1519 #8B2127 #BC2D35 #D65158

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8B2127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2127 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2127

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2127	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)

#403B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46561',
    500: '#8b2127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2127;
$custom-light: #b46561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.604,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42386,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2127

secondary

#4FB9B3

accent

#E5DC43

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2127

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

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