#8B212B#8B212B

#8B212B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B212B
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 43)
HSL	hsl(354, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 44.61, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 49.39, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.46% 0.1316 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(42.46% 0.141 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6286, 6.7528, 2.9762)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B212B #218B81

analogous

#8B2160 #8B212B #8B4C21

triadic

#8B212B #2B8B21 #212B8B

tetradic

#8B212B #608B21 #218B81 #4C218B

square

#8B212B #608B21 #218B81 #4C218B

split-complementary

#8B212B #218B4C #21608B

monochromatic

#280A0C #5A151C #8B212B #BC2D3A #D6515D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8B212B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B212B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B212B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B212B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B212B	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b212b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46664',
    500: '#8b212b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b212b;
$custom-light: #b46664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b212b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.34,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42455,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B212B

secondary

#4FB9AF

accent

#E5D543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B212B

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

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