#8B2923#8B2923

#8B2923 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2923
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 35)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 41.06, 27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 49.37, 33.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1186 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.134 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7451, 7.1979, 2.3607)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2923 #23858B

analogous

#8B2351 #8B2923 #8B5D23

triadic

#8B2923 #238B29 #29238B

tetradic

#8B2923 #518B23 #23858B #5D238B

square

#8B2923 #518B23 #23858B #5D238B

split-complementary

#8B2923 #238B5D #23518B

monochromatic

#290C0A #5A1B17 #8B2923 #BC372F #D45C54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8B2923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2923

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2923	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990928

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695e',
    500: '#8b2923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2923;
$custom-light: #b4695e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43174,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2923

secondary

#52B2B8

accent

#DAE345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2923

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

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