#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
RGB	rgb(139, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(349, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(349, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64%, 51.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.35, 39.28, 9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.35, 40.49, 14.02°)
OKLab	oklab(44.94% 0.1189 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(44.94% 0.121 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.8022, 8.1770, 6.2133)
Luminance	0.0818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##8B3243	1.00	7.97	2.64	7.97
#FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B3243

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

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