#8B2833#8B2833

#8B2833 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2833
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 51)
HSL	hsl(353, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.36, 42.40, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.36, 45.86, 22.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.1263 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.133 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0050, 7.2473, 3.8980)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2833 #288B80

analogous

#8B2865 #8B2833 #8B4E28

triadic

#8B2833 #338B28 #28338B

tetradic

#8B2833 #658B28 #288B80 #4E288B

square

#8B2833 #658B28 #288B80 #4E288B

split-complementary

#8B2833 #288B4E #28658B

monochromatic

#2C0D10 #5B1A22 #8B2833 #BB3644 #D05D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8B2833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2833

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2833	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3696a',
    500: '#8b2833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2833;
$custom-light: #b3696a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2833

secondary

#59B6AB

accent

#DFCE49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2833

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

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