#8B281D#8B281D

#8B281D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B281D
RGBrgb(139, 40, 29)
HSLhsl(6, 65%, 33%)
HSVhsv(6, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.2%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(32.03, 41.21, 30.75)
CIE-LCHlch(32.03, 51.42, 36.73°)
OKLaboklab(42.98% 0.1177 0.0678)
OKLCHoklch(42.98% 0.136 29.9)
XYZxyz(11.6294, 7.0970, 1.9197)
Luminance0.0709 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B281D #1D808B
analogous
#8B1D49 #8B281D #8B5F1D
triadic
#8B281D #1D8B28 #281D8B
tetradic
#8B281D #498B1D #1D808B #5F1D8B
square
#8B281D #498B1D #1D808B #5F1D8B
split-complementary
#8B281D #1D8B5F #1D498B
monochromatic
#260B08 #581912 #8B281D #BE3728 #D95849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68
#8B281D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42
#8B281D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281D
8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B281D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B281D1.008.682.428.68
#FFFFFF8.681.0021.001.00
#0000002.4221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.681.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#453E1B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D5319
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#990426
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 29.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8b281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b281d;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42981,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B281D
secondary
#49B0BB
accent
#D8E83F
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130704
muted
#827A79

Preview Lab

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#8B281D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva