#8B3243#8B3243

#8B3243 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.082; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.121 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B3243
RGBrgb(139, 50, 67)
HSLhsl(349, 47%, 37%)
HSVhsv(349, 64%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64%, 51.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(34.35, 39.28, 9.81)
CIE-LCHlch(34.35, 40.49, 14.02°)
OKLaboklab(44.94% 0.1189 0.025)
OKLCHoklch(44.94% 0.121 11.9)
XYZxyz(12.8022, 8.1770, 6.2133)
Luminance0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B3243 #328B7A
analogous
#8B3270 #8B3243 #8B4D32
triadic
#8B3243 #438B32 #32438B
tetradic
#8B3243 #708B32 #328B7A #4D328B
square
#8B3243 #708B32 #328B7A #4D328B
split-complementary
#8B3243 #328B4D #32708B
monochromatic
#311218 #5E222D #8B3243 #B84259 #CA6D7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.97
#8B3243 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.64
#8B3243 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3243
7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B3243#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B32431.007.972.647.97
#FFFFFF7.971.0021.001.00
#0000002.6421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.971.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#464543
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D5741
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#972439
Achromatopsia (no color)
#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b3243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.121 11.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b16f77',
    500: '#8b3243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b3243;
$custom-light: #b16f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b3243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.539,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44938,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B3243
secondary
#67B2A4
accent
#D7BD51
background
#FBF6F7
surface
#F6ECED
border
#D0C7C8
text
#110708
muted
#807A7B

Preview Lab

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#8B3243 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva