#8B283A#8B283A

#8B283A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.133 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B283A
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(349, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 58.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 42.92, 13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 44.88, 17.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.1292 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.133 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1711, 7.3137, 4.7730)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B283A #288B79

analogous

#8B286B #8B283A #8B4828

triadic

#8B283A #3A8B28 #283A8B

tetradic

#8B283A #6B8B28 #288B79 #48288B

square

#8B283A #6B8B28 #288B79 #48288B

split-complementary

#8B283A #288B48 #286B8B

monochromatic

#2C0D12 #5B1A26 #8B283A #BB364E #D05D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B283A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B283A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B283A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B283A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B283A	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98112F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b283a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.133 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3696f',
    500: '#8b283a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b283a;
$custom-light: #b3696f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b283a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43498,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B283A

secondary

#59B6A5

accent

#DFC349

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B283A

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

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