#8B2934#8B2934

#8B2934 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2934
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 52)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 42.06, 17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 45.38, 22.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.48% 0.1254 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(43.48% 0.132 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0614, 7.3245, 4.0268)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2934 #298B80

analogous

#8B2965 #8B2934 #8B4F29

triadic

#8B2934 #348B29 #29348B

tetradic

#8B2934 #658B29 #298B80 #4F298B

square

#8B2934 #658B29 #298B80 #4F298B

split-complementary

#8B2934 #298B4F #29658B

monochromatic

#2C0D11 #5C1B22 #8B2934 #BA3746 #D05F6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8B2934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2934 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2934

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2934	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a6b',
    500: '#8b2934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2934;
$custom-light: #b36a6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.265,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43475,
    "c": 0.13201,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2934

secondary

#5BB5AB

accent

#DECD4A

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2934

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

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