#8B2138#8B2138

#8B2138 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.141 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2138
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 56)
HSL	hsl(347, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 45.46, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 47.30, 16.02°)
OKLab	oklab(42.73% 0.137 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(42.73% 0.141 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9063, 6.8639, 4.4385)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2138 #218B74

analogous

#8B216D #8B2138 #8B3F21

triadic

#8B2138 #388B21 #21388B

tetradic

#8B2138 #6D8B21 #218B74 #3F218B

square

#8B2138 #6D8B21 #218B74 #3F218B

split-complementary

#8B2138 #218B3F #216D8B

monochromatic

#280A10 #5A1524 #8B2138 #BC2D4C #D6516E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B2138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2138

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2138	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.141 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666e',
    500: '#8b2138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2138;
$custom-light: #b3666e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.981,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42729,
    "c": 0.14075,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2138

secondary

#4FB9A2

accent

#E5C243

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2138

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

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