#8B2A35#8B2A35

#8B2A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A35
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(353, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(353, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.71, 41.71, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.71, 44.90, 21.74°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1244 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.131 18)
XYZ	xyz(12.1192, 7.4036, 4.1583)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A35 #2A8B80

analogous

#8B2A65 #8B2A35 #8B4F2A

triadic

#8B2A35 #358B2A #2A358B

tetradic

#8B2A35 #658B2A #2A8B80 #4F2A8B

square

#8B2A35 #658B2A #2A8B80 #4F2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A35 #2A8B4F #2A658B

monochromatic

#2D0E11 #5C1C23 #8B2A35 #BA3847 #CF606D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8B2A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A35

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A35	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98132F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a6c',
    500: '#8b2a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a35;
$custom-light: #b36a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.196,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43611,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.07402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A35

secondary

#5CB5AB

accent

#DDCC4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A35

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