#8B233C#8B233C

#8B233C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 11.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B233C
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(346, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.85, 45.04, 10.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.85, 46.34, 13.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1363 0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.139 11.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0652, 7.0190, 4.9936)
Luminance	0.0702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B233C #238B72

analogous

#8B2370 #8B233C #8B3E23

triadic

#8B233C #3C8B23 #233C8B

tetradic

#8B233C #708B23 #238B72 #3E238B

square

#8B233C #708B23 #238B72 #3E238B

split-complementary

#8B233C #238B3E #23708B

monochromatic

#290A12 #5A1727 #8B233C #BC2F51 #D45473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B233C

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B233C	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98072D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 11.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36771',
    500: '#8b233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b233c;
$custom-light: #b36771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43023,
    "c": 0.13902,
    "h": 11.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B233C

secondary

#52B89F

accent

#E3BD45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B233C

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

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