#8B2E41#8B2E41

#8B2E41 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.127 H 11.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E41
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 65)
HSL	hsl(348, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(348, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.62, 40.94, 10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.62, 42.16, 13.84°)
OKLab	oklab(44.38% 0.1239 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(44.38% 0.127 11.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.5797, 7.8262, 5.8482)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E41 #2E8B78

analogous

#8B2E70 #8B2E41 #8B4A2E

triadic

#8B2E41 #418B2E #2E418B

tetradic

#8B2E41 #708B2E #2E8B78 #4A2E8B

square

#8B2E41 #708B2E #2E8B78 #4A2E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E41 #2E8B4A #2E708B

monochromatic

#2F1016 #5D1F2B #8B2E41 #B93D57 #CD677C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#8B2E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B2E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E41

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E41	1.00	8.19	2.57	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.127 11.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c75',
    500: '#8b2e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e41;
$custom-light: #b26c75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.742,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44377,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 11.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E41

secondary

#61B3A3

accent

#DABD4E

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

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