#8B2423#8B2423

#8B2423 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2423
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 35)
HSL	hsl(1, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 43.07, 26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 50.62, 31.68°)
OKLab	oklab(42.62% 0.1249 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(42.62% 0.139 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5830, 6.8738, 2.3067)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2423 #238A8B

analogous

#8B2356 #8B2423 #8B5823

triadic

#8B2423 #238B24 #24238B

tetradic

#8B2423 #568B23 #238A8B #58238B

square

#8B2423 #568B23 #238A8B #58238B

split-complementary

#8B2423 #238B58 #23568B

monochromatic

#290B0A #5A1717 #8B2423 #BC312F #D45654

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2423

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2423	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4675e',
    500: '#8b2423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2423;
$custom-light: #b4675e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.577,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42624,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2423

secondary

#52B7B8

accent

#E1E345

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2423

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

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