#8B2829#8B2829

#8B2829 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2829
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.19, 41.78, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.19, 48.00, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.15% 0.1222 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(43.15% 0.134 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.8078, 7.1684, 2.8593)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2829 #288B8A

analogous

#8B285A #8B2829 #8B5928

triadic

#8B2829 #298B28 #28298B

tetradic

#8B2829 #5A8B28 #288B8A #59288B

square

#8B2829 #5A8B28 #288B8A #59288B

split-complementary

#8B2829 #288B59 #285A8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5B1A1B #8B2829 #BB3637 #D05D5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8B2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2829

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2829	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990929

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46962',
    500: '#8b2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2829;
$custom-light: #b46962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.394,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43152,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2829

secondary

#59B6B5

accent

#DFDD49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2829

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

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