#8B2D31#8B2D31

#8B2D31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D31
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 49)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 40.12, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 44.71, 26.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1186 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.128 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1414, 7.5892, 3.7307)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D31 #2D8B87

analogous

#8B2D60 #8B2D31 #8B582D

triadic

#8B2D31 #318B2D #2D318B

tetradic

#8B2D31 #608B2D #2D8B87 #582D8B

square

#8B2D31 #608B2D #2D8B87 #582D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D31 #2D8B58 #2D608B

monochromatic

#2F0F10 #5D1E21 #8B2D31 #B93C41 #CD656A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D31

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D31	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)

#464130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c69',
    500: '#8b2d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d31;
$custom-light: #b36c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.447,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43888,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D31

secondary

#60B4B0

accent

#DBD54D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D31

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

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