#8B3232#8B3232

#8B3232 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.122 H 23.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3232
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 50)
HSL	hsl(0, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.99, 37.89, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.99, 42.94, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(44.55% 0.1117 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(44.55% 0.122 23.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3650, 8.0021, 3.9104)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3232 #328B8B

analogous

#8B325F #8B3232 #8B5F32

triadic

#8B3232 #328B32 #32328B

tetradic

#8B3232 #5F8B32 #328B8B #5F328B

square

#8B3232 #5F8B32 #328B8B #5F328B

split-complementary

#8B3232 #328B5F #325F8B

monochromatic

#311212 #5E2222 #8B3232 #B84242 #CA6D6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.08

#8B3232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#8B3232 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3232

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3232	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)

#494431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.122 23.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e6a',
    500: '#8b3232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3232;
$custom-light: #b36e6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4455,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 23.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3232

secondary

#67B2B2

accent

#D7D751

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3232

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

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