#8B2136#8B2136

#8B2136 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2136
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 54)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 45.31, 14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 47.52, 17.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1361 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.141 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8584, 6.8447, 4.1861)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2136 #218B76

analogous

#8B216B #8B2136 #8B4121

triadic

#8B2136 #368B21 #21368B

tetradic

#8B2136 #6B8B21 #218B76 #41218B

square

#8B2136 #6B8B21 #218B76 #41218B

split-complementary

#8B2136 #218B41 #216B8B

monochromatic

#280A10 #5A1523 #8B2136 #BC2D49 #D6516B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B2136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2136

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2136	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)

#3E3C36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666c',
    500: '#8b2136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2136;
$custom-light: #b3666c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.113,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42682,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2136

secondary

#4FB9A4

accent

#E5C543

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2136

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

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