#8B2333#8B2333

#8B2333 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2333
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 51)
HSL	hsl(351, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(351, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.65, 44.37, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.65, 47.35, 20.44°)
OKLab	oklab(42.81% 0.1325 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(42.81% 0.138 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8472, 6.9318, 3.8455)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2333 #238B7B

analogous

#8B2367 #8B2333 #8B4723

triadic

#8B2333 #338B23 #23338B

tetradic

#8B2333 #678B23 #238B7B #47238B

square

#8B2333 #678B23 #238B7B #47238B

split-complementary

#8B2333 #238B47 #23678B

monochromatic

#290A0F #5A1721 #8B2333 #BC2F45 #D45468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8B2333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2333 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2333

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2333	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99012A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676a',
    500: '#8b2333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2333;
$custom-light: #b3676a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42811,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2333

secondary

#52B8A8

accent

#E3CB45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2333

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

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