#8B2028#8B2028

#8B2028 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2028
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 40)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 44.80, 22.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 50.32, 27.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.1315 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.142 22)
XYZ	xyz(11.5483, 6.6770, 2.6878)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2028 #208B83

analogous

#8B205D #8B2028 #8B4D20

triadic

#8B2028 #288B20 #20288B

tetradic

#8B2028 #5D8B20 #208B83 #4D208B

square

#8B2028 #5D8B20 #208B83 #4D208B

split-complementary

#8B2028 #208B4D #205D8B

monochromatic

#28090B #59151A #8B2028 #BD2B36 #D64F59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B2028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2028 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2028

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2028	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46562',
    500: '#8b2028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2028;
$custom-light: #b46562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.514,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42307,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.06675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2028

secondary

#4DBAB1

accent

#E6D942

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2028

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

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