#8B2135#8B2135

#8B2135 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2135
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 53)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 45.24, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 47.64, 18.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.1357 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.141 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8351, 6.8354, 4.0636)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2135 #218B77

analogous

#8B216A #8B2135 #8B4221

triadic

#8B2135 #358B21 #21358B

tetradic

#8B2135 #6A8B21 #218B77 #42218B

square

#8B2135 #6A8B21 #218B77 #42218B

split-complementary

#8B2135 #218B42 #216A8B

monochromatic

#280A0F #5A1522 #8B2135 #BC2D48 #D6516A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B2135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2135 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2135

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2135	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666c',
    500: '#8b2135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2135;
$custom-light: #b3666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.679,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42659,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2135

secondary

#4FB9A5

accent

#E5C643

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2135

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

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