#8B213B#8B213B

#8B213B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.141 H 11.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B213B
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 59)
HSL	hsl(345, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 57.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 45.69, 11.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 47.03, 13.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.8% 0.1382 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(42.8% 0.141 11.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9819, 6.8941, 4.8366)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B213B #218B71

analogous

#8B2170 #8B213B #8B3C21

triadic

#8B213B #3B8B21 #213B8B

tetradic

#8B213B #708B21 #218B71 #3C218B

square

#8B213B #708B21 #218B71 #3C218B

split-complementary

#8B213B #218B3C #21708B

monochromatic

#280A11 #5A1526 #8B213B #BC2D50 #D65171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B213B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B213B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B213B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B213B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B213B	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98012C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b213b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.141 11.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36670',
    500: '#8b213b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b213b;
$custom-light: #b36670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b213b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.283,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42804,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 11.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B213B

secondary

#4FB99F

accent

#E5BD43

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B213B

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

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