#8B2139#8B2139

#8B2139 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.141 H 12.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2139
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 57)
HSL	hsl(346, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 45.53, 12.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 47.20, 15.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1374 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.141 12.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9310, 6.8738, 4.5686)
Luminance	0.0687 (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

#8B2139 #218B73

analogous

#8B216E #8B2139 #8B3E21

triadic

#8B2139 #398B21 #21398B

tetradic

#8B2139 #6E8B21 #218B73 #3E218B

square

#8B2139 #6E8B21 #218B73 #3E218B

split-complementary

#8B2139 #218B3E #216E8B

monochromatic

#280A10 #5A1525 #8B2139 #BC2D4D #D6516F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2139

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2139	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.141 12.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3666f',
    500: '#8b2139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2139;
$custom-light: #b3666f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42754,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 12.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2139

secondary

#4FB9A1

accent

#E5C043

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2139

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

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