#8B2840#8B2840

#8B2840 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.134 H 10.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2840
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(345, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 43.42, 9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 44.42, 12.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1317 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.134 10.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3328, 7.3784, 5.6242)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2840 #288B73

analogous

#8B2871 #8B2840 #8B4228

triadic

#8B2840 #408B28 #28408B

tetradic

#8B2840 #718B28 #288B73 #42288B

square

#8B2840 #718B28 #288B73 #42288B

split-complementary

#8B2840 #288B42 #28718B

monochromatic

#2C0D14 #5B1A2A #8B2840 #BB3656 #D05D79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8B2840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2840

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2840	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.134 10.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26974',
    500: '#8b2840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2840;
$custom-light: #b26974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.455,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4365,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 10.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2840

secondary

#59B69F

accent

#DFBA49

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2840

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

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