#8B232A#8B232A

#8B232A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B232A
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(356, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.49, 43.82, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.49, 49.09, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(42.63% 0.1289 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(42.63% 0.139 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6677, 6.8599, 2.8998)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B232A #238B84

analogous

#8B235E #8B232A #8B5023

triadic

#8B232A #2A8B23 #232A8B

tetradic

#8B232A #5E8B23 #238B84 #50238B

square

#8B232A #5E8B23 #238B84 #50238B

split-complementary

#8B232A #238B50 #235E8B

monochromatic

#290A0C #5A171B #8B232A #BC2F39 #D4545D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B232A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B232A	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46663',
    500: '#8b232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b232a;
$custom-light: #b46663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.962,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42634,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B232A

secondary

#52B8B1

accent

#E3D845

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B232A

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

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