#8B2D39#8B2D39

#8B2D39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.127 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D39
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 57)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 40.71, 14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 43.31, 19.97°)
OKLab	oklab(44.06% 0.122 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(44.06% 0.127 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3255, 7.6628, 4.7001)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D39 #2D8B7F

analogous

#8B2D68 #8B2D39 #8B502D

triadic

#8B2D39 #398B2D #2D398B

tetradic

#8B2D39 #688B2D #2D8B7F #502D8B

square

#8B2D39 #688B2D #2D8B7F #502D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D39 #2D8B50 #2D688B

monochromatic

#2F0F13 #5D1E26 #8B2D39 #B93C4C #CD6572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B2D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2D39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D39

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D39	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.127 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6f',
    500: '#8b2d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d39;
$custom-light: #b26c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.34,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44058,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D39

secondary

#60B4A9

accent

#DBC94D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D39

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

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