#8B2B30#8B2B30

#8B2B30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B30
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 40.94, 19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 45.53, 25.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.121 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.13 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0461, 7.4318, 3.5959)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B30 #2B8B86

analogous

#8B2B60 #8B2B30 #8B562B

triadic

#8B2B30 #308B2B #2B308B

tetradic

#8B2B30 #608B2B #2B8B86 #562B8B

square

#8B2B30 #608B2B #2B8B86 #562B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B30 #2B8B56 #2B608B

monochromatic

#2E0E10 #5C1D20 #8B2B30 #BA3940 #CE6268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8B2B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B30

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B30	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a68',
    500: '#8b2b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b30;
$custom-light: #b36a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43626,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B30

secondary

#5DB5B0

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B30

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

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