#8B2931#8B2931

#8B2931 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2931
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 49)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 41.85, 18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 45.93, 24.31°)
OKLab	oklab(43.41% 0.1241 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(43.41% 0.132 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.9960, 7.2983, 3.6822)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2931 #298B83

analogous

#8B2962 #8B2931 #8B5229

triadic

#8B2931 #318B29 #29318B

tetradic

#8B2931 #628B29 #298B83 #52298B

square

#8B2931 #628B29 #298B83 #52298B

split-complementary

#8B2931 #298B52 #29628B

monochromatic

#2C0D10 #5C1B20 #8B2931 #BA3742 #D05F68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2931 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2931

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2931	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36969',
    500: '#8b2931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2931;
$custom-light: #b36969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.102,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43413,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2931

secondary

#5BB5AE

accent

#DED24A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2931

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

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