#8B283D#8B283D

#8B283D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.133 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B283D
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 61)
HSL	hsl(347, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(347, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.58, 43.16, 11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.58, 44.61, 14.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1304 0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.133 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.2497, 7.3451, 5.1867)
Luminance	0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B283D #288B76

analogous

#8B286E #8B283D #8B4528

triadic

#8B283D #3D8B28 #283D8B

tetradic

#8B283D #6E8B28 #288B76 #45288B

square

#8B283D #6E8B28 #288B76 #45288B

split-complementary

#8B283D #288B45 #286E8B

monochromatic

#2C0D13 #5B1A28 #8B283D #BB3652 #D05D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8B283D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B283D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B283D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B283D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B283D	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)

#41403D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981330

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b283d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.133 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26972',
    500: '#8b283d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b283d;
$custom-light: #b26972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b283d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.273,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43572,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B283D

secondary

#59B6A2

accent

#DFBF49

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B283D

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

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