#8B282A#8B282A

#8B282A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B282A
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.20, 41.84, 23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.20, 47.76, 28.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1226 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.134 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8254, 7.1754, 2.9524)
Luminance	0.0717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B282A #288B89

analogous

#8B285B #8B282A #8B5828

triadic

#8B282A #2A8B28 #282A8B

tetradic

#8B282A #5B8B28 #288B89 #58288B

square

#8B282A #5B8B28 #288B89 #58288B

split-complementary

#8B282A #288B58 #285B8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5B1A1C #8B282A #BB3638 #D05D5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8B282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B282A

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B282A	1.00	8.62	2.43	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990A2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46963',
    500: '#8b282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b282a;
$custom-light: #b46963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.788,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43169,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B282A

secondary

#59B6B4

accent

#DFDC49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B282A

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

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