#8B281F#8B281F

#8B281F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.135 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B281F
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(5, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.05, 41.29, 29.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.05, 50.81, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1184 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.135 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6549, 7.1072, 2.0542)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B281F #1F828B

analogous

#8B1F4C #8B281F #8B5E1F

triadic

#8B281F #1F8B28 #281F8B

tetradic

#8B281F #4C8B1F #1F828B #5E1F8B

square

#8B281F #4C8B1F #1F828B #5E1F8B

split-complementary

#8B281F #1F8B5E #1F4C8B

monochromatic

#270B09 #591A14 #8B281F #BD362A #D7594D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8B281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B281F

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B281F	1.00	8.67	2.42	8.67
#FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.135 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695b',
    500: '#8b281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b281f;
$custom-light: #b4695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43006,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B281F

secondary

#4CB1BA

accent

#D9E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B281F

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

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