#8B2533#8B2533

#8B2533 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2533
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 51)
HSL	hsl(352, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.93, 43.61, 16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.93, 46.77, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1301 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.136 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9078, 7.0528, 3.8656)
Luminance	0.0705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2533 #258B7D

analogous

#8B2566 #8B2533 #8B4A25

triadic

#8B2533 #338B25 #25338B

tetradic

#8B2533 #668B25 #258B7D #4A258B

square

#8B2533 #668B25 #258B7D #4A258B

split-complementary

#8B2533 #258B4A #25668B

monochromatic

#2A0B10 #5B1821 #8B2533 #BB3245 #D35869

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B2533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2533 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2533

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2533	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99062B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3686a',
    500: '#8b2533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2533;
$custom-light: #b3686a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.765,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43016,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2533

secondary

#55B7AA

accent

#E1CC47

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2533

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

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