#8B2B31#8B2B31

#8B2B31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B31
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.79, 41.00, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.79, 45.32, 25.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.1214 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.13 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0669, 7.4402, 3.7058)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B31 #2B8B85

analogous

#8B2B61 #8B2B31 #8B552B

triadic

#8B2B31 #318B2B #2B318B

tetradic

#8B2B31 #618B2B #2B8B85 #552B8B

square

#8B2B31 #618B2B #2B8B85 #552B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B31 #2B8B55 #2B618B

monochromatic

#2E0E10 #5C1D21 #8B2B31 #BA3941 #CE6269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8B2B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B31

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B31	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)

#444031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a69',
    500: '#8b2b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b31;
$custom-light: #b36a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43646,
    "c": 0.12993,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B31

secondary

#5DB5AF

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B31

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

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