#8B2830#8B2830

#8B2830 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2830
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 48)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 42.20, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 46.42, 24.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.125 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.133 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9410, 7.2217, 3.5609)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2830 #288B83

analogous

#8B2861 #8B2830 #8B5228

triadic

#8B2830 #308B28 #28308B

tetradic

#8B2830 #618B28 #288B83 #52288B

square

#8B2830 #618B28 #288B83 #52288B

split-complementary

#8B2830 #288B52 #28618B

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1A20 #8B2830 #BB3640 #D05D66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8B2830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2830

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2830	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36968',
    500: '#8b2830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2830;
$custom-light: #b36968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.152,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4328,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2830

secondary

#59B6AE

accent

#DFD349

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2830

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

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