#8B2B37#8B2B37

#8B2B37 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B37
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 41.43, 15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 44.27, 20.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1239 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.13 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2021, 7.4942, 4.4177)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B37 #2B8B7F

analogous

#8B2B67 #8B2B37 #8B4F2B

triadic

#8B2B37 #378B2B #2B378B

tetradic

#8B2B37 #678B2B #2B8B7F #4F2B8B

square

#8B2B37 #678B2B #2B8B7F #4F2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B37 #2B8B4F #2B678B

monochromatic

#2E0E12 #5C1D25 #8B2B37 #BA3949 #CE6270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B37

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B37	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b6d',
    500: '#8b2b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b37;
$custom-light: #b36b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.12968,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B37

secondary

#5DB5AA

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B37

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