#8B2B36#8B2B36

#8B2B36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B36
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 41.35, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 44.42, 21.41°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1235 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.13 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1784, 7.4847, 4.2927)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B36 #2B8B80

analogous

#8B2B66 #8B2B36 #8B502B

triadic

#8B2B36 #368B2B #2B368B

tetradic

#8B2B36 #668B2B #2B8B80 #502B8B

square

#8B2B36 #668B2B #2B8B80 #502B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B36 #2B8B50 #2B668B

monochromatic

#2E0E12 #5C1D24 #8B2B36 #BA3948 #CE626E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8B2B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B36

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B36	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b6c',
    500: '#8b2b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b36;
$custom-light: #b36b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4375,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B36

secondary

#5DB5AB

accent

#DCCC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B36

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

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