#8B2132#8B2132

#8B2132 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.141 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2132
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 50)
HSL	hsl(350, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 45.04, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 48.08, 20.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.59% 0.1345 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(42.59% 0.141 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7683, 6.8087, 3.7115)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2132 #218B7A

analogous

#8B2167 #8B2132 #8B4521

triadic

#8B2132 #328B21 #21328B

tetradic

#8B2132 #678B21 #218B7A #45218B

square

#8B2132 #678B21 #218B7A #45218B

split-complementary

#8B2132 #218B45 #21678B

monochromatic

#280A0E #5A1520 #8B2132 #BC2D44 #D65166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B2132 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2132 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2132

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2132	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2132	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59522F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2132;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.141 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36669',
    500: '#8b2132',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2132;
$custom-light: #b36669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2132",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.377,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42593,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2132

secondary

#4FB9A8

accent

#E5CB43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2132

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

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