#8B2329#8B2329

#8B2329 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2329
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 41)
HSL	hsl(357, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(357, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 43.76, 22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 49.33, 27.48°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1285 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.139 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6500, 6.8529, 2.8067)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2329 #238B85

analogous

#8B235D #8B2329 #8B5123

triadic

#8B2329 #298B23 #23298B

tetradic

#8B2329 #5D8B23 #238B85 #51238B

square

#8B2329 #5D8B23 #238B85 #51238B

split-complementary

#8B2329 #238B51 #235D8B

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A171B #8B2329 #BC2F37 #D4545C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8B2329 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2329 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2329

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2329	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2329	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2329;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46662',
    500: '#8b2329',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2329;
$custom-light: #b46662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2329",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.538,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42617,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2329

secondary

#52B8B2

accent

#E3DA45

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2329

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

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