#8B233D#8B233D

#8B233D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.139 H 10.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B233D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(345, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(345, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 45.12, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 46.28, 12.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.1367 0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.139 10.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0919, 7.0296, 5.1341)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B233D #238B71

analogous

#8B2371 #8B233D #8B3D23

triadic

#8B233D #3D8B23 #233D8B

tetradic

#8B233D #718B23 #238B71 #3D238B

square

#8B233D #718B23 #238B71 #3D238B

split-complementary

#8B233D #238B3D #23718B

monochromatic

#290A12 #5A1728 #8B233D #BC2F52 #D45474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8B233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B233D

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B233D	1.00	8.73	2.41	8.73
#FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58533A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98082E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.139 10.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36772',
    500: '#8b233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b233d;
$custom-light: #b36772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43049,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 10.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B233D

secondary

#52B89E

accent

#E3BB45

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B233D

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

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