#8B281B#8B281B

#8B281B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B281B
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.01, 41.13, 31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.01, 52.04, 37.78°)
OKLab	oklab(42.96% 0.1171 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(42.96% 0.136 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6054, 7.0874, 1.7936)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B281B #1B7E8B

analogous

#8B1B46 #8B281B #8B601B

triadic

#8B281B #1B8B28 #281B8B

tetradic

#8B281B #468B1B #1B7E8B #601B8B

square

#8B281B #468B1B #1B7E8B #601B8B

split-complementary

#8B281B #1B8B60 #1B468B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581911 #8B281B #BE3725 #DB5745

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8B281B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B281B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B281B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B281B	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)

#453D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b281b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56858',
    500: '#8b281b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b281b;
$custom-light: #b56858;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b281b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.964,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42958,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B281B

secondary

#45AFBC

accent

#D6EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B281B

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

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