#8B2435#8B2435

#8B2435 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2435
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 53)
HSL	hsl(350, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(350, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 44.13, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 46.76, 19.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.1322 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.137 16)
XYZ	xyz(11.9221, 7.0095, 4.0927)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2435 #248B7A

analogous

#8B2469 #8B2435 #8B4724

triadic

#8B2435 #358B24 #24358B

tetradic

#8B2435 #698B24 #248B7A #47248B

square

#8B2435 #698B24 #248B7A #47248B

split-complementary

#8B2435 #248B47 #24698B

monochromatic

#2A0B10 #5A1722 #8B2435 #BC3148 #D3566B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B2435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2435

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2435	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)

#403D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99052B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676c',
    500: '#8b2435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2435;
$custom-light: #b3676c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.097,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42956,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.07008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2435

secondary

#53B7A7

accent

#E2C846

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2435

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

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