#8B2323#8B2323

#8B2323 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2323
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 43.46, 26.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 50.86, 31.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1261 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.14 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5532, 6.8141, 2.2967)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2323 #238B8B

analogous

#8B2357 #8B2323 #8B5723

triadic

#8B2323 #238B23 #23238B

tetradic

#8B2323 #578B23 #238B8B #57238B

square

#8B2323 #578B23 #238B8B #57238B

split-complementary

#8B2323 #238B57 #23578B

monochromatic

#290A0A #5A1717 #8B2323 #BC2F2F #D45454

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B2323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2323 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2323

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2323	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665e',
    500: '#8b2323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2323;
$custom-light: #b4665e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42522,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2323

secondary

#52B8B8

accent

#E3E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2323

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

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