#8B2330#8B2330

#8B2330 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2330
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 48)
HSL	hsl(353, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 44.17, 18.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 47.86, 22.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.75% 0.1313 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(42.75% 0.139 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7832, 6.9062, 3.5083)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2330 #238B7E

analogous

#8B2364 #8B2330 #8B4A23

triadic

#8B2330 #308B23 #23308B

tetradic

#8B2330 #648B23 #238B7E #4A238B

square

#8B2330 #648B23 #238B7E #4A238B

split-complementary

#8B2330 #238B4A #23648B

monochromatic

#290A0E #5A171F #8B2330 #BC2F41 #D45464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B2330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2330 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2330

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2330	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A522D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36768',
    500: '#8b2330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2330;
$custom-light: #b36768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42748,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2330

secondary

#52B8AB

accent

#E3CF45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2330

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

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