#8B2129#8B2129

#8B2129 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2129
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 41)
HSL	hsl(355, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(355, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.20, 44.50, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.20, 49.84, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1308 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.141 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5928, 6.7385, 2.7876)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2129 #218B83

analogous

#8B215E #8B2129 #8B4E21

triadic

#8B2129 #298B21 #21298B

tetradic

#8B2129 #5E8B21 #218B83 #4E218B

square

#8B2129 #5E8B21 #218B83 #4E218B

split-complementary

#8B2129 #218B4E #215E8B

monochromatic

#280A0C #5A151A #8B2129 #BC2D38 #D6515B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B2129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2129 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2129

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2129	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46562',
    500: '#8b2129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2129;
$custom-light: #b46562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42419,
    "c": 0.14085,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2129

secondary

#4FB9B1

accent

#E5D943

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2129

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

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