#8B3036#8B3036

#8B3036 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.124 H 19.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3036
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 54)
HSL	hsl(356, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(356, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.71, 39.12, 17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.71, 42.77, 23.86°)
OKLab	oklab(44.37% 0.1164 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(44.37% 0.124 19.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3714, 7.8709, 4.3571)
Luminance	0.0787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3036 #308B85

analogous

#8B3064 #8B3036 #8B5830

triadic

#8B3036 #368B30 #30368B

tetradic

#8B3036 #648B30 #308B85 #58308B

square

#8B3036 #648B30 #308B85 #58308B

split-complementary

#8B3036 #308B58 #30648B

monochromatic

#301113 #5E2024 #8B3036 #B84048 #CC6A70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#8B3036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B3036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3036

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3036	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.124 19.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d6d',
    500: '#8b3036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3036;
$custom-light: #b26d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.044,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44368,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 19.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3036

secondary

#64B3AE

accent

#D8CF50

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3036

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

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