#8B2C30#8B2C30

#8B2C30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C30
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 48)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 40.50, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 45.22, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1196 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.129 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.0829, 7.5054, 3.6082)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C30 #2C8B87

analogous

#8B2C5F #8B2C30 #8B572C

triadic

#8B2C30 #308B2C #2C308B

tetradic

#8B2C30 #5F8B2C #2C8B87 #572C8B

square

#8B2C30 #5F8B2C #2C8B87 #572C8B

split-complementary

#8B2C30 #2C8B57 #2C5F8B

monochromatic

#2E0F10 #5D1D20 #8B2C30 #B93B40 #CE6468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C30

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C30	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45412F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b68',
    500: '#8b2c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c30;
$custom-light: #b36b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.474,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43746,
    "c": 0.12889,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C30

secondary

#5FB4B1

accent

#DBD54C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C30

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

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