#8B2325#8B2325

#8B2325 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2325
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.41, 43.55, 25.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.41, 50.33, 30.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.55% 0.1269 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(42.55% 0.139 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5837, 6.8264, 2.4576)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2325 #238B89

analogous

#8B2359 #8B2325 #8B5523

triadic

#8B2325 #258B23 #23258B

tetradic

#8B2325 #598B23 #238B89 #55238B

square

#8B2325 #598B23 #238B89 #55238B

split-complementary

#8B2325 #238B55 #23598B

monochromatic

#290A0B #5A1718 #8B2325 #BC2F32 #D45457

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B2325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2325 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2325

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2325	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4665f',
    500: '#8b2325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2325;
$custom-light: #b4665f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.846,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42552,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2325

secondary

#52B8B6

accent

#E3E045

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2325

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

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