#8B2B41#8B2B41

#8B2B41 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.130 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B41
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 65)
HSL	hsl(346, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(346, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.14, 42.25, 9.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.14, 43.29, 12.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.02% 0.1281 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(44.02% 0.13 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.4665, 7.6000, 5.8105)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B41 #2B8B75

analogous

#8B2B71 #8B2B41 #8B452B

triadic

#8B2B41 #418B2B #2B418B

tetradic

#8B2B41 #718B2B #2B8B75 #452B8B

square

#8B2B41 #718B2B #2B8B75 #452B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B41 #2B8B45 #2B718B

monochromatic

#2E0E15 #5C1D2B #8B2B41 #BA3957 #CE627B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B2B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B41

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B41	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#424241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B553F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.130 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26b75',
    500: '#8b2b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b41;
$custom-light: #b26b75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44017,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B41

secondary

#5DB5A1

accent

#DCBB4C

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6EBED

border

#D0C6C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B41

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

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