#8B2A3E#8B2A3E

#8B2A3E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.131 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A3E
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(348, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 42.42, 11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 43.83, 14.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1282 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.131 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3460, 7.4943, 5.3529)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A3E #2A8B77

analogous

#8B2A6E #8B2A3E #8B462A

triadic

#8B2A3E #3E8B2A #2A3E8B

tetradic

#8B2A3E #6E8B2A #2A8B77 #462A8B

square

#8B2A3E #6E8B2A #2A8B77 #462A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A3E #2A8B46 #2A6E8B

monochromatic

#2D0E14 #5C1C29 #8B2A3E #BA3853 #CF6077

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A3E

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A3E	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42413E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.131 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a73',
    500: '#8b2a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a3e;
$custom-light: #b26a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.629,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43823,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A3E

secondary

#5CB5A3

accent

#DDBF4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A3E

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

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