#8B232E#8B232E

#8B232E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B232E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(354, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.56, 44.05, 19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.56, 48.24, 24.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.71% 0.1305 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(42.71% 0.139 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7429, 6.8900, 3.2958)
Luminance	0.0689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B232E #238B80

analogous

#8B2362 #8B232E #8B4C23

triadic

#8B232E #2E8B23 #232E8B

tetradic

#8B232E #628B23 #238B80 #4C238B

square

#8B232E #628B23 #238B80 #4C238B

split-complementary

#8B232E #238B4C #23628B

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A171E #8B232E #BC2F3E #D45462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.83

#8B232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B232E

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B232E	1.00	8.83	2.38	8.83
#FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46766',
    500: '#8b232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b232e;
$custom-light: #b46766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42708,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B232E

secondary

#52B8AD

accent

#E3D245

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B232E

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

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