#8B232D#8B232D

#8B232D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B232D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 43.99, 20.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 48.44, 24.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.69% 0.1301 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(42.69% 0.139 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7234, 6.8822, 3.1932)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B232D #238B81

analogous

#8B2361 #8B232D #8B4D23

triadic

#8B232D #2D8B23 #232D8B

tetradic

#8B232D #618B23 #238B81 #4D238B

square

#8B232D #618B23 #238B81 #4D238B

split-complementary

#8B232D #238B4D #23618B

monochromatic

#290A0D #5A171D #8B232D #BC2F3D #D45461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B232D

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B232D	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46665',
    500: '#8b232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b232d;
$custom-light: #b46665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.231,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42689,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B232D

secondary

#52B8AE

accent

#E3D445

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B232D

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

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