#8B2B3E#8B2B3E

#8B2B3E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.130 H 12.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B3E
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 41.99, 11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 43.48, 15.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.1268 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.13 12.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.3819, 7.5662, 5.3649)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B3E #2B8B78

analogous

#8B2B6E #8B2B3E #8B482B

triadic

#8B2B3E #3E8B2B #2B3E8B

tetradic

#8B2B3E #6E8B2B #2B8B78 #482B8B

square

#8B2B3E #6E8B2B #2B8B78 #482B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B3E #2B8B48 #2B6E8B

monochromatic

#2E0E14 #5C1D29 #8B2B3E #BA3953 #CE6277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B2B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B3E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B3E	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)

#42413E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.130 12.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b73',
    500: '#8b2b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b3e;
$custom-light: #b26b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43939,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 12.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B3E

secondary

#5DB5A3

accent

#DCC04C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B3E

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

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