#8B281A#8B281A

#8B281A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.136 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B281A
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 26)
HSL	hsl(7, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.99, 41.10, 32.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.99, 52.35, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.1168 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.136 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5940, 7.0829, 1.7337)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B281A #1A7D8B

analogous

#8B1A44 #8B281A #8B611A

triadic

#8B281A #1A8B28 #281A8B

tetradic

#8B281A #448B1A #1A7D8B #611A8B

square

#8B281A #448B1A #1A7D8B #611A8B

split-complementary

#8B281A #1A8B61 #1A448B

monochromatic

#240A07 #571910 #8B281A #BF3724 #DC5643

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8B281A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B281A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B281A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B281A	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b281a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.136 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56858',
    500: '#8b281a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b281a;
$custom-light: #b56858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b281a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.434,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42947,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B281A

secondary

#44AEBD

accent

#D6EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B281A

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

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