#8B283C#8B283C

#8B283C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.133 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B283C
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 60)
HSL	hsl(348, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 56.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 43.08, 11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 44.69, 15.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.13 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.133 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2230, 7.3345, 5.0461)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B283C #288B77

analogous

#8B286D #8B283C #8B4628

triadic

#8B283C #3C8B28 #283C8B

tetradic

#8B283C #6D8B28 #288B77 #46288B

square

#8B283C #6D8B28 #288B77 #46288B

split-complementary

#8B283C #288B46 #286D8B

monochromatic

#2C0D13 #5B1A27 #8B283C #BB3651 #D05D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8B283C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B283C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B283C

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B283C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B283C	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#41403C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b283c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.133 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26971',
    500: '#8b283c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b283c;
$custom-light: #b26971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b283c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.879,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43547,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B283C

secondary

#59B6A3

accent

#DFC049

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B283C

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

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