#8B233A#8B233A

#8B233A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B233A
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(347, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(347, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.80, 44.88, 12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.80, 46.50, 15.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1355 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.139 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0134, 6.9982, 4.7204)
Luminance	0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B233A #238B74

analogous

#8B236E #8B233A #8B4023

triadic

#8B233A #3A8B23 #233A8B

tetradic

#8B233A #6E8B23 #238B74 #40238B

square

#8B233A #6E8B23 #238B74 #40238B

split-complementary

#8B233A #238B40 #236E8B

monochromatic

#290A11 #5A1726 #8B233A #BC2F4E #D45471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75

#8B233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B233A

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B233A	1.00	8.75	2.40	8.75
#FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98052C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676f',
    500: '#8b233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b233a;
$custom-light: #b3676f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.731,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42972,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B233A

secondary

#52B8A1

accent

#E3C045

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B233A

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

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