#8B232B#8B232B

#8B232B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B232B
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 43.87, 21.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 48.87, 26.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.65% 0.1293 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(42.65% 0.139 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6858, 6.8672, 2.9952)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B232B #238B83

analogous

#8B235F #8B232B #8B4F23

triadic

#8B232B #2B8B23 #232B8B

tetradic

#8B232B #5F8B23 #238B83 #4F238B

square

#8B232B #5F8B23 #238B83 #4F238B

split-complementary

#8B232B #238B4F #235F8B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A171C #8B232B #BC2F3A #D4545E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B232B

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B232B	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)

#403C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46664',
    500: '#8b232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b232b;
$custom-light: #b46664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42652,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B232B

secondary

#52B8B0

accent

#E3D745

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B232B

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

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