#8B2B40#8B2B40

#8B2B40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.130 H 11.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B40
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 64)
HSL	hsl(347, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(347, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 42.16, 10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 43.34, 13.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.99% 0.1277 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(43.99% 0.13 11.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4378, 7.5885, 5.6593)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B40 #2B8B76

analogous

#8B2B70 #8B2B40 #8B462B

triadic

#8B2B40 #408B2B #2B408B

tetradic

#8B2B40 #708B2B #2B8B76 #462B8B

square

#8B2B40 #708B2B #2B8B76 #462B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B40 #2B8B46 #2B708B

monochromatic

#2E0E15 #5C1D2A #8B2B40 #BA3956 #CE627A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B40

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B40	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.130 11.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b74',
    500: '#8b2b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b40;
$custom-light: #b26b74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43991,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 11.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B40

secondary

#5DB5A1

accent

#DCBD4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B40

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

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