#8B3239#8B3239

#8B3239 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.121 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3239
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.12, 38.41, 15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.12, 41.58, 22.52°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.1147 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.121 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5277, 8.0672, 4.7675)
Luminance	0.0807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3239 #328B84

analogous

#8B3266 #8B3239 #8B5832

triadic

#8B3239 #398B32 #32398B

tetradic

#8B3239 #668B32 #328B84 #58328B

square

#8B3239 #668B32 #328B84 #58328B

split-complementary

#8B3239 #328B58 #32668B

monochromatic

#311214 #5E2227 #8B3239 #B8424B #CA6D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.04

#8B3239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#8B3239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3239

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3239	1.00	8.04	2.61	8.04
#FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.121 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26e6f',
    500: '#8b3239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3239;
$custom-light: #b26e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.281,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44695,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3239

secondary

#67B2AC

accent

#D7CC51

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120707

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3239

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

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