#8B2137#8B2137

#8B2137 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2137
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 55)
HSL	hsl(348, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 45.39, 13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 47.40, 16.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1366 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.141 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8821, 6.8542, 4.3110)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2137 #218B75

analogous

#8B216C #8B2137 #8B4021

triadic

#8B2137 #378B21 #21378B

tetradic

#8B2137 #6C8B21 #218B75 #40218B

square

#8B2137 #6C8B21 #218B75 #40218B

split-complementary

#8B2137 #218B40 #216C8B

monochromatic

#280A10 #5A1523 #8B2137 #BC2D4B #D6516C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8B2137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2137

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2137	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666d',
    500: '#8b2137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2137;
$custom-light: #b3666d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.547,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42706,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2137

secondary

#4FB9A3

accent

#E5C343

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2137

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

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