#8B281E#8B281E

#8B281E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B281E
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(6, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(6, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.04, 41.25, 30.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.04, 51.11, 36.19°)
OKLab	oklab(42.99% 0.1181 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(42.99% 0.136 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6419, 7.1020, 1.9859)
Luminance	0.0710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B281E #1E818B

analogous

#8B1E4A #8B281E #8B5F1E

triadic

#8B281E #1E8B28 #281E8B

tetradic

#8B281E #4A8B1E #1E818B #5F1E8B

square

#8B281E #4A8B1E #1E818B #5F1E8B

split-complementary

#8B281E #1E8B5F #1E4A8B

monochromatic

#260B08 #591A13 #8B281E #BD3629 #D8584B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.68

#8B281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281E

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B281E	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)

#453E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8b281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b281e;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.505,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42993,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B281E

secondary

#4AB0BB

accent

#D8E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B281E

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

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