#8B2A39#8B2A39

#8B2A39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.131 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A39
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 42.01, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 44.33, 18.62°)
OKLab	oklab(43.7% 0.1261 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(43.7% 0.131 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.2151, 7.4420, 4.6633)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A39 #2A8B7C

analogous

#8B2A69 #8B2A39 #8B4C2A

triadic

#8B2A39 #398B2A #2A398B

tetradic

#8B2A39 #698B2A #2A8B7C #4C2A8B

square

#8B2A39 #698B2A #2A8B7C #4C2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A39 #2A8B4C #2A698B

monochromatic

#2D0E12 #5C1C26 #8B2A39 #BA384C #CF6071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8B2A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A39

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A39	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.131 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a6f',
    500: '#8b2a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a39;
$custom-light: #b26a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.722,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43701,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A39

secondary

#5CB5A7

accent

#DDC64B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A39

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