#8B2A37#8B2A37

#8B2A37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.131 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A37
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 41.86, 15.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 44.60, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1253 0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.131 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1662, 7.4224, 4.4057)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A37 #2A8B7E

analogous

#8B2A67 #8B2A37 #8B4D2A

triadic

#8B2A37 #378B2A #2A378B

tetradic

#8B2A37 #678B2A #2A8B7E #4D2A8B

square

#8B2A37 #678B2A #2A8B7E #4D2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A37 #2A8B4D #2A678B

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5C1C24 #8B2A37 #BA384A #CF606F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8B2A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A37

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A37	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98142F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.131 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a6d',
    500: '#8b2a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a37;
$custom-light: #b36a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.959,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43655,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A37

secondary

#5CB5A9

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A37

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