#8B2820#8B2820

#8B2820 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.135 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2820
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(4, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.06, 41.34, 29.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.06, 50.51, 35.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.02% 0.1188 0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(43.02% 0.135 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6683, 7.1126, 2.1247)
Luminance	0.0711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2820 #20838B

analogous

#8B204D #8B2820 #8B5D20

triadic

#8B2820 #208B28 #28208B

tetradic

#8B2820 #4D8B20 #20838B #5D208B

square

#8B2820 #4D8B20 #20838B #5D208B

split-complementary

#8B2820 #208B5D #204D8B

monochromatic

#280B09 #591A15 #8B2820 #BD362B #D6594F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.67

#8B2820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B2820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2820

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2820	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)

#453E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D531C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990527

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.135 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695c',
    500: '#8b2820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2820;
$custom-light: #b4695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.486,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43018,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2820

secondary

#4DB1BA

accent

#D9E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2820

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

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