#8B3136#8B3136

#8B3136 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.123 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3136
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.89, 38.65, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.89, 42.44, 24.40°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% 0.1149 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.123 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4128, 7.9536, 4.3709)
Luminance	0.0795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3136 #318B86

analogous

#8B3163 #8B3136 #8B5931

triadic

#8B3136 #368B31 #31368B

tetradic

#8B3136 #638B31 #318B86 #59318B

square

#8B3136 #638B31 #318B86 #59318B

split-complementary

#8B3136 #318B59 #31638B

monochromatic

#311113 #5E2124 #8B3136 #B84148 #CB6B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.11

#8B3136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#8B3136 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3136

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3136	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)

#484436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.123 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6d',
    500: '#8b3136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3136;
$custom-light: #b26e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44498,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3136

secondary

#65B2AE

accent

#D7D050

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3136

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

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