#8B2029#8B2029

#8B2029 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2029
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 41)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 44.85, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 50.08, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1319 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.142 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5655, 6.6838, 2.7785)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2029 #208B82

analogous

#8B205E #8B2029 #8B4C20

triadic

#8B2029 #298B20 #20298B

tetradic

#8B2029 #5E8B20 #208B82 #4C208B

square

#8B2029 #5E8B20 #208B82 #4C208B

split-complementary

#8B2029 #208B4C #205E8B

monochromatic

#28090C #59151A #8B2029 #BD2B38 #D64F5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B2029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2029 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2029

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2029	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)

#3F3B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46562',
    500: '#8b2029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2029;
$custom-light: #b46562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.953,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42324,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2029

secondary

#4DBAB0

accent

#E6D842

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2029

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

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