#8B2826#8B2826

#8B2826 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.134 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2826
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 38)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.14, 41.62, 25.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.14, 48.79, 31.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.121 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.134 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7574, 7.1482, 2.5940)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2826 #26898B

analogous

#8B2657 #8B2826 #8B5B26

triadic

#8B2826 #268B28 #28268B

tetradic

#8B2826 #578B26 #26898B #5B268B

square

#8B2826 #578B26 #26898B #5B268B

split-complementary

#8B2826 #268B5B #26578B

monochromatic

#2B0C0C #5B1A19 #8B2826 #BB3633 #D25C5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8B2826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B2826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2826

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2826	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990829

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.134 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46960',
    500: '#8b2826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2826;
$custom-light: #b46960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.188,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43104,
    "c": 0.13436,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2826

secondary

#56B5B7

accent

#DDE047

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2826

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

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