#8B2F40#8B2F40

#8B2F40 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.125 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F40
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(349, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.76, 40.40, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.76, 41.85, 15.14°)
OKLab	oklab(44.47% 0.122 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(44.47% 0.125 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.5905, 7.8938, 5.7101)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F40 #2F8B7A

analogous

#8B2F6E #8B2F40 #8B4C2F

triadic

#8B2F40 #408B2F #2F408B

tetradic

#8B2F40 #6E8B2F #2F8B7A #4C2F8B

square

#8B2F40 #6E8B2F #2F8B7A #4C2F8B

split-complementary

#8B2F40 #2F8B4C #2F6E8B

monochromatic

#301016 #5D202B #8B2F40 #B93E55 #CC687B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#8B2F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#8B2F40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F40

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F40	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981F36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.125 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d74',
    500: '#8b2f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f40;
$custom-light: #b26d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.913,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44475,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F40

secondary

#63B3A4

accent

#D9BF4F

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F40

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

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