#8B3237#8B3237

#8B3237 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.121 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3237
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 60.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, 38.26, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 41.92, 24.15°)
OKLab	oklab(44.65% 0.1138 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(44.65% 0.121 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4788, 8.0476, 4.5099)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3237 #328B86

analogous

#8B3264 #8B3237 #8B5A32

triadic

#8B3237 #378B32 #32378B

tetradic

#8B3237 #648B32 #328B86 #5A328B

square

#8B3237 #648B32 #328B86 #5A328B

split-complementary

#8B3237 #328B5A #32648B

monochromatic

#311213 #5E2225 #8B3237 #B84249 #CA6D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#8B3237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B3237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3237

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3237	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.121 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6d',
    500: '#8b3237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3237;
$custom-light: #b26e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.629,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44652,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3237

secondary

#67B2AE

accent

#D7CF51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3237

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

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