#8B2430#8B2430

#8B2430 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.138 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2430
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 48)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(353, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.73, 43.80, 18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.73, 47.58, 23.00°)
OKLab	oklab(42.85% 0.1301 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(42.85% 0.138 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8131, 6.9658, 3.5182)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2430 #248B7F

analogous

#8B2464 #8B2430 #8B4C24

triadic

#8B2430 #308B24 #24308B

tetradic

#8B2430 #648B24 #248B7F #4C248B

square

#8B2430 #648B24 #248B7F #4C248B

split-complementary

#8B2430 #248B4C #24648B

monochromatic

#2A0B0E #5A171F #8B2430 #BC3141 #D35665

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#8B2430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2430 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2430

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2430	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A532D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.138 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36768',
    500: '#8b2430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2430;
$custom-light: #b36768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.01,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4285,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2430

secondary

#53B7AC

accent

#E2D046

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2430

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

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