#8B212F#8B212F

#8B212F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B212F
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 47)
HSL	hsl(352, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.31, 44.84, 18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.31, 48.59, 22.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1332 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.141 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7056, 6.7837, 3.3818)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B212F #218B7D

analogous

#8B2164 #8B212F #8B4821

triadic

#8B212F #2F8B21 #212F8B

tetradic

#8B212F #648B21 #218B7D #48218B

square

#8B212F #648B21 #218B7D #48218B

split-complementary

#8B212F #218B48 #21648B

monochromatic

#280A0E #5A151E #8B212F #BC2D40 #D65162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B212F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B212F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B212F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B212F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B212F	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b212f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46667',
    500: '#8b212f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b212f;
$custom-light: #b46667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b212f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.075,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42531,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B212F

secondary

#4FB9AB

accent

#E5CF43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B212F

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

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