#8B2B3D#8B2B3D

#8B2B3D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.130 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B3D
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 41.91, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 43.56, 15.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.1264 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.13 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3547, 7.5553, 5.2217)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B3D #2B8B79

analogous

#8B2B6D #8B2B3D #8B492B

triadic

#8B2B3D #3D8B2B #2B3D8B

tetradic

#8B2B3D #6D8B2B #2B8B79 #492B8B

square

#8B2B3D #6D8B2B #2B8B79 #492B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B3D #2B8B49 #2B6D8B

monochromatic

#2E0E14 #5C1D28 #8B2B3D #BA3952 #CE6276

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B2B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2B3D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B3D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B3D	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42413D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.130 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b72',
    500: '#8b2b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b3d;
$custom-light: #b26b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43914,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B3D

secondary

#5DB5A4

accent

#DCC14C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B3D

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

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