#8B281C#8B281C

#8B281C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B281C
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 28)
HSL	hsl(6, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.02, 41.17, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.02, 51.73, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.97% 0.1174 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(42.97% 0.136 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6172, 7.0921, 1.8556)
Luminance	0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B281C #1C7F8B

analogous

#8B1C48 #8B281C #8B5F1C

triadic

#8B281C #1C8B28 #281C8B

tetradic

#8B281C #488B1C #1C7F8B #5F1C8B

square

#8B281C #488B1C #1C7F8B #5F1C8B

split-complementary

#8B281C #1C8B5F #1C488B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581912 #8B281C #BE3726 #DA5747

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8B281C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B281C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B281C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B281C	1.00	8.68	2.42	8.68
#FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b281c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56959',
    500: '#8b281c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b281c;
$custom-light: #b56959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b281c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42969,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B281C

secondary

#47AFBC

accent

#D7E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B281C

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

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