#8B283B#8B283B

#8B283B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.133 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B283B
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 57.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 43.00, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 44.78, 16.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1296 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.133 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.1968, 7.3240, 4.9082)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B283B #288B78

analogous

#8B286C #8B283B #8B4728

triadic

#8B283B #3B8B28 #283B8B

tetradic

#8B283B #6C8B28 #288B78 #47288B

square

#8B283B #6C8B28 #288B78 #47288B

split-complementary

#8B283B #288B47 #286C8B

monochromatic

#2C0D13 #5B1A27 #8B283B #BB364F #D05D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8B283B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B283B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B283B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B283B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B283B	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41403B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b283b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.133 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26970',
    500: '#8b283b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b283b;
$custom-light: #b26970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b283b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.485,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43522,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B283B

secondary

#59B6A4

accent

#DFC249

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B283B

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

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