#8B3147#8B3147

#8B3147 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.123 H 8.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3147
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 71)
HSL	hsl(345, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(345, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 48.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.28, 40.14, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.28, 40.76, 10.07°)
OKLab	oklab(44.92% 0.122 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(44.92% 0.123 8.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8841, 8.1421, 6.8531)
Luminance	0.0814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3147 #318B75

analogous

#8B3174 #8B3147 #8B4831

triadic

#8B3147 #478B31 #31478B

tetradic

#8B3147 #748B31 #318B75 #48318B

square

#8B3147 #748B31 #318B75 #48318B

split-complementary

#8B3147 #318B48 #31748B

monochromatic

#311119 #5E2130 #8B3147 #B8415E #CB6B83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.99

#8B3147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.63

#8B3147 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3147

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3147	1.00	7.99	2.63	7.99
#FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#972439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.123 8.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16e7a',
    500: '#8b3147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3147;
$custom-light: #b16e7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.333,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44918,
    "c": 0.12337,
    "h": 8.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.08141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3147

secondary

#65B2A0

accent

#D7B650

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110709

muted

#807A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3147

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

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