#8B212D#8B212D

#8B212D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B212D
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(353, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 44.72, 19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 48.97, 24.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.1324 0.0473)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.141 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6662, 6.7679, 3.1742)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B212D #218B7F

analogous

#8B2162 #8B212D #8B4A21

triadic

#8B212D #2D8B21 #212D8B

tetradic

#8B212D #628B21 #218B7F #4A218B

square

#8B212D #628B21 #218B7F #4A218B

split-complementary

#8B212D #218B4A #21628B

monochromatic

#280A0D #5A151D #8B212D #BC2D3D #D65160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8B212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B212D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B212D	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b212d;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42492,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B212D

secondary

#4FB9AD

accent

#E5D243

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B212D

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

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