#8B2F35#8B2F35

#8B2F35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.125 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F35
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 53)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(356, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 39.50, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 43.28, 24.13°)
OKLab	oklab(44.22% 0.1174 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(44.22% 0.125 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3077, 7.7807, 4.2212)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F35 #2F8B85

analogous

#8B2F63 #8B2F35 #8B572F

triadic

#8B2F35 #358B2F #2F358B

tetradic

#8B2F35 #638B2F #2F8B85 #572F8B

square

#8B2F35 #638B2F #2F8B85 #572F8B

split-complementary

#8B2F35 #2F8B57 #2F638B

monochromatic

#301012 #5D2024 #8B2F35 #B93E46 #CC686F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#8B2F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B2F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F35

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F35	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981C32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.125 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d6c',
    500: '#8b2f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f35;
$custom-light: #b26d6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.087,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44219,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F35

secondary

#63B3AE

accent

#D9D04F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F35

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

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