#8B2941#8B2941

#8B2941 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.133 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2941
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 65)
HSL	hsl(345, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 43.09, 8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 44.02, 11.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1308 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.133 10)
XYZ	xyz(12.3956, 7.4581, 5.7868)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2941 #298B73

analogous

#8B2972 #8B2941 #8B4229

triadic

#8B2941 #418B29 #29418B

tetradic

#8B2941 #728B29 #298B73 #42298B

square

#8B2941 #728B29 #298B73 #42298B

split-complementary

#8B2941 #298B42 #29728B

monochromatic

#2C0D15 #5C1B2B #8B2941 #BA3757 #D05F7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8B2941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2941

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2941	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#404141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A543F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.133 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a75',
    500: '#8b2941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2941;
$custom-light: #b26a75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.306,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43788,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.07456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2941

secondary

#5BB59F

accent

#DEBA4A

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2941

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

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