#8B2D35#8B2D35

#8B2D35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D35
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 53)
HSL	hsl(355, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 40.40, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 43.94, 23.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1203 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.127 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.2296, 7.6244, 4.1952)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D35 #2D8B83

analogous

#8B2D64 #8B2D35 #8B542D

triadic

#8B2D35 #358B2D #2D358B

tetradic

#8B2D35 #648B2D #2D8B83 #542D8B

square

#8B2D35 #648B2D #2D8B83 #542D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D35 #2D8B54 #2D648B

monochromatic

#2F0F12 #5D1E23 #8B2D35 #B93C47 #CD656E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B2D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D35

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D35	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c6c',
    500: '#8b2d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d35;
$custom-light: #b36c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.894,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43969,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D35

secondary

#60B4AD

accent

#DBCF4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D35

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

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