#8B3231#8B3231

#8B3231 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.122 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3231
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 48%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.97, 37.82, 20.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.97, 43.16, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.53% 0.1113 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(44.53% 0.122 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3436, 7.9936, 3.7981)
Luminance	0.0799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3231 #318A8B

analogous

#8B315D #8B3231 #8B5F31

triadic

#8B3231 #318B32 #32318B

tetradic

#8B3231 #5D8B31 #318A8B #5F318B

square

#8B3231 #5D8B31 #318A8B #5F318B

split-complementary

#8B3231 #318B5F #315D8B

monochromatic

#311111 #5E2221 #8B3231 #B84241 #CB6C6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8B3231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B3231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3231

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3231	1.00	8.08	2.60	8.08
#FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F572F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.122 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e69',
    500: '#8b3231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3231;
$custom-light: #b36e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.667,
    "s": 47.872,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44531,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3231

secondary

#65B2B2

accent

#D6D750

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3231

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

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