#8B2E39#8B2E39

#8B2E39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.126 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E39
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 57)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 40.26, 15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 42.97, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44.18% 0.1205 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(44.18% 0.126 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3641, 7.7400, 4.7130)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E39 #2E8B80

analogous

#8B2E68 #8B2E39 #8B522E

triadic

#8B2E39 #398B2E #2E398B

tetradic

#8B2E39 #688B2E #2E8B80 #522E8B

square

#8B2E39 #688B2E #2E8B80 #522E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E39 #2E8B52 #2E688B

monochromatic

#2F1013 #5D1F26 #8B2E39 #B93D4C #CD6773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#8B2E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B2E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E39

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E39	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981B33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.126 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c6f',
    500: '#8b2e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e39;
$custom-light: #b26c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.903,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44181,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E39

secondary

#61B3AA

accent

#DAC94E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E39

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

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