#8B303D#8B303D

#8B303D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.124 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B303D
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 61)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 56.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.86, 39.68, 13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.86, 41.75, 18.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.1193 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.124 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5478, 7.9414, 5.2861)
Luminance	0.0794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B303D #308B7E

analogous

#8B306B #8B303D #8B5130

triadic

#8B303D #3D8B30 #303D8B

tetradic

#8B303D #6B8B30 #308B7E #51308B

square

#8B303D #6B8B30 #308B7E #51308B

split-complementary

#8B303D #308B51 #306B8B

monochromatic

#301115 #5E2029 #8B303D #B84051 #CC6A78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8B303D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B303D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B303D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B303D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B303D	1.00	8.11	2.59	8.11
#FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D573B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b303d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.124 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26d72',
    500: '#8b303d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b303d;
$custom-light: #b26d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b303d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 48.663,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44527,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B303D

secondary

#64B3A8

accent

#D8C550

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B303D

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

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