#8B2428#8B2428

#8B2428 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.138 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2428
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 40)
HSL	hsl(358, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.59, 43.32, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.59, 49.31, 28.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1268 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.138 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6626, 6.9057, 2.7259)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2428 #248B87

analogous

#8B245C #8B2428 #8B5424

triadic

#8B2428 #288B24 #24288B

tetradic

#8B2428 #5C8B24 #248B87 #54248B

square

#8B2428 #5C8B24 #248B87 #54248B

split-complementary

#8B2428 #248B54 #245C8B

monochromatic

#2A0B0C #5A171A #8B2428 #BC3136 #D3565B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#8B2428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2428

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2428	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.138 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46762',
    500: '#8b2428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2428;
$custom-light: #b46762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.67,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42703,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2428

secondary

#53B7B4

accent

#E2DC46

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2428

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

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