#8B2A40#8B2A40

#8B2A40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.131 H 10.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A40
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(346, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(346, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 42.59, 9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 43.71, 12.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.88% 0.129 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(43.88% 0.131 10.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.4019, 7.5167, 5.6473)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A40 #2A8B75

analogous

#8B2A70 #8B2A40 #8B452A

triadic

#8B2A40 #408B2A #2A408B

tetradic

#8B2A40 #708B2A #2A8B75 #452A8B

square

#8B2A40 #708B2A #2A8B75 #452A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A40 #2A8B45 #2A708B

monochromatic

#2D0E15 #5C1C2A #8B2A40 #BA3856 #CF6079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A40

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A40	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A553E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.131 10.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a74',
    500: '#8b2a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a40;
$custom-light: #b26a74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.392,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43875,
    "c": 0.1314,
    "h": 10.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A40

secondary

#5CB5A1

accent

#DDBC4B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A40

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

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