#8B2D38#8B2D38

#8B2D38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D38
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 59.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.25, 40.63, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.25, 43.45, 20.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.04% 0.1215 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(44.04% 0.127 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.3008, 7.6529, 4.5700)
Luminance	0.0765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D38 #2D8B80

analogous

#8B2D67 #8B2D38 #8B512D

triadic

#8B2D38 #388B2D #2D388B

tetradic

#8B2D38 #678B2D #2D8B80 #512D8B

square

#8B2D38 #678B2D #2D8B80 #512D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D38 #2D8B51 #2D678B

monochromatic

#2F0F13 #5D1E25 #8B2D38 #B93C4B #CD6571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8B2D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D38

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D38	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981932

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6e',
    500: '#8b2d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d38;
$custom-light: #b26c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.979,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44035,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D38

secondary

#60B4AA

accent

#DBCA4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D38

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

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