#8B2A42#8B2A42

#8B2A42 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.132 H 9.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A42
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(345, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(345, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 52.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 42.77, 8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 43.62, 11.35°)
OKLab	oklab(43.93% 0.1298 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(43.93% 0.132 9.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4599, 7.5399, 5.9524)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A42 #2A8B73

analogous

#8B2A72 #8B2A42 #8B432A

triadic

#8B2A42 #428B2A #2A428B

tetradic

#8B2A42 #728B2A #2A8B73 #432A8B

square

#8B2A42 #728B2A #2A8B73 #432A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A42 #2A8B43 #2A728B

monochromatic

#2D0E15 #5C1C2C #8B2A42 #BA3858 #CF607C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B2A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A42

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A42	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#414142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981834

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.132 9.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26a76',
    500: '#8b2a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a42;
$custom-light: #b26a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.155,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43929,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 9.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A42

secondary

#5CB59F

accent

#DDB94B

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A42

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

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