#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
RGBrgb(139, 36, 35)
HSLhsl(1, 60%, 34%)
HSVhsv(1, 75%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.52, 43.07, 26.59)
CIE-LCHlch(31.52, 50.62, 31.68°)
OKLaboklab(42.62% 0.1249 0.0603)
OKLCHoklch(42.62% 0.139 25.8)
XYZxyz(11.5830, 6.8738, 2.3067)
Luminance0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##8B24231.008.842.378.84
#FFFFFF8.841.0021.001.00
#0000002.3721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.841.0021.001.00

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

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#8B2423 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva