#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
RGBrgb(139, 53, 64)
HSLhsl(352, 45%, 38%)
HSVhsv(352, 62%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.9%, 54%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(34.82, 37.56, 12.38)
CIE-LCHlch(34.82, 39.55, 18.24°)
OKLaboklab(45.27% 0.1131 0.0311)
OKLCHoklch(45.27% 0.117 15.4)
XYZxyz(12.8470, 8.4069, 5.7957)
Luminance0.0840 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##8B35401.007.832.687.83
#FFFFFF7.831.0021.001.00
#0000002.6821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.831.0021.001.00

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

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#8B3540 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva