#8B2E40#8B2E40

#8B2E40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.126 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E40
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.59, 40.85, 10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.59, 42.23, 14.68°)
OKLab	oklab(44.35% 0.1235 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(44.35% 0.126 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.5509, 7.8147, 5.6970)
Luminance	0.0781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E40 #2E8B79

analogous

#8B2E6F #8B2E40 #8B4B2E

triadic

#8B2E40 #408B2E #2E408B

tetradic

#8B2E40 #6F8B2E #2E8B79 #4B2E8B

square

#8B2E40 #6F8B2E #2E8B79 #4B2E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E40 #2E8B4B #2E6F8B

monochromatic

#2F1016 #5D1F2B #8B2E40 #B93D55 #CD677A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8B2E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B2E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E40

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E40	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.126 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c74',
    500: '#8b2e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e40;
$custom-light: #b26c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.387,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44351,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E40

secondary

#61B3A4

accent

#DABF4E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E40

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

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