#8B232C#8B232C

#8B232C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B232C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 43.93, 20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 48.65, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1296 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.139 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7044, 6.8746, 3.0930)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B232C #238B82

analogous

#8B2360 #8B232C #8B4E23

triadic

#8B232C #2C8B23 #232C8B

tetradic

#8B232C #608B23 #238B82 #4E238B

square

#8B232C #608B23 #238B82 #4E238B

split-complementary

#8B232C #238B4E #23608B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A171D #8B232C #BC2F3B #D4545F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B232C

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B232C	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b232c;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.808,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42671,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B232C

secondary

#52B8AF

accent

#E3D545

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B232C

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

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