#8B2B39#8B2B39

#8B2B39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B39
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 41.58, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 43.99, 19.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1247 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.13 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2510, 7.5138, 4.6753)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B39 #2B8B7D

analogous

#8B2B69 #8B2B39 #8B4D2B

triadic

#8B2B39 #398B2B #2B398B

tetradic

#8B2B39 #698B2B #2B8B7D #4D2B8B

square

#8B2B39 #698B2B #2B8B7D #4D2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B39 #2B8B4D #2B698B

monochromatic

#2E0E13 #5C1D26 #8B2B39 #BA394C #CE6272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B39

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B39	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#434139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b6f',
    500: '#8b2b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b39;
$custom-light: #b26b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43818,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B39

secondary

#5DB5A8

accent

#DCC74C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B39

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

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