#8B2334#8B2334

#8B2334 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.139 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2334
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 52)
HSL	hsl(350, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.67, 44.44, 15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.67, 47.20, 19.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.83% 0.133 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(42.83% 0.139 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8695, 6.9407, 3.9628)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2334 #238B7A

analogous

#8B2368 #8B2334 #8B4623

triadic

#8B2334 #348B23 #23348B

tetradic

#8B2334 #688B23 #238B7A #46238B

square

#8B2334 #688B23 #238B7A #46238B

split-complementary

#8B2334 #238B46 #23688B

monochromatic

#290A0F #5A1722 #8B2334 #BC2F46 #D45469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B2334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2334 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2334

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2334	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99022A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.139 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676b',
    500: '#8b2334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2334;
$custom-light: #b3676b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.192,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42832,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2334

secondary

#52B8A7

accent

#E3C945

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2334

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

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