#8B3333#8B3333

#8B3333 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.120 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3333
RGB	rgb(139, 51, 51)
HSL	hsl(0, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(0, 63%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.18, 37.48, 19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.18, 42.40, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(44.7% 0.1106 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(44.7% 0.12 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4300, 8.0973, 4.0397)
Luminance	0.0810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3333 #338B8B

analogous

#8B335F #8B3333 #8B5F33

triadic

#8B3333 #338B33 #33338B

tetradic

#8B3333 #5F8B33 #338B8B #5F338B

square

#8B3333 #5F8B33 #338B8B #5F338B

split-complementary

#8B3333 #338B5F #335F8B

monochromatic

#311212 #5E2323 #8B3333 #B84343 #CA6E6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#8B3333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#8B3333 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3333

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3333	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 51, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.120 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26f6a',
    500: '#8b3333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3333;
$custom-light: #b26f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44704,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.08096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3333

secondary

#68B2B2

accent

#D6D652

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3333

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

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