#8B2437#8B2437

#8B2437 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.138 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2437
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 55)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.87, 44.28, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.87, 46.50, 17.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43% 0.133 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(43% 0.138 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9691, 7.0283, 4.3400)
Luminance	0.0703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2437 #248B78

analogous

#8B246B #8B2437 #8B4524

triadic

#8B2437 #378B24 #24378B

tetradic

#8B2437 #6B8B24 #248B78 #45248B

square

#8B2437 #6B8B24 #248B78 #45248B

split-complementary

#8B2437 #248B45 #246B8B

monochromatic

#2A0B11 #5A1724 #8B2437 #BC314A #D3566D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.73

#8B2437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2437 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2437

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2437	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)

#3F3D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98062C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.138 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3676d',
    500: '#8b2437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2437;
$custom-light: #b3676d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.932,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43001,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2437

secondary

#53B7A5

accent

#E2C546

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2437

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

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