#8B2B34#8B2B34

#8B2B34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B34
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 52)
HSL	hsl(354, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(354, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 41.21, 17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 44.75, 22.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1227 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.13 19)
XYZ	xyz(12.1324, 7.4663, 4.0504)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B34 #2B8B82

analogous

#8B2B64 #8B2B34 #8B522B

triadic

#8B2B34 #348B2B #2B348B

tetradic

#8B2B34 #648B2B #2B8B82 #522B8B

square

#8B2B34 #648B2B #2B8B82 #522B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B34 #2B8B52 #2B648B

monochromatic

#2E0E11 #5C1D23 #8B2B34 #BA3945 #CE626C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8B2B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B34

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B34	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98152F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b6b',
    500: '#8b2b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b34;
$custom-light: #b36b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43707,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.07465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B34

secondary

#5DB5AC

accent

#DCCF4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B34

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

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