#8B3540#8B3540

#8B3540 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.117 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3540
RGB	rgb(139, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 45%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(352, 62%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.82, 37.56, 12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.82, 39.55, 18.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.27% 0.1131 0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(45.27% 0.117 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.8470, 8.4069, 5.7957)
Luminance	0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3540 #358B80

analogous

#8B356B #8B3540 #8B5535

triadic

#8B3540 #408B35 #35408B

tetradic

#8B3540 #6B8B35 #358B80 #55358B

square

#8B3540 #6B8B35 #358B80 #55358B

split-complementary

#8B3540 #358B55 #356B8B

monochromatic

#321317 #5F242C #8B3540 #B74654 #C9717D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.83

#8B3540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.68

#8B3540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3540

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3540	1.00	7.83	2.68	7.83
#FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F583E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#982739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.117 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b17074',
    500: '#8b3540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3540;
$custom-light: #b17074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.326,
    "s": 44.792,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45265,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3540

secondary

#6AB1A8

accent

#D4C453

background

#FBF6F7

surface

#F6ECED

border

#D0C7C8

text

#110808

muted

#807B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3540

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

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