#8B282C#8B282C

#8B282C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B282C
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.24, 41.96, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.24, 47.28, 27.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% 0.1234 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.134 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8621, 7.1901, 3.1456)
Luminance	0.0719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B282C #288B87

analogous

#8B285D #8B282C #8B5628

triadic

#8B282C #2C8B28 #282C8B

tetradic

#8B282C #5D8B28 #288B87 #56288B

square

#8B282C #5D8B28 #288B87 #56288B

split-complementary

#8B282C #288B56 #285D8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0E #5B1A1D #8B282C #BB363B #D05D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8B282C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B282C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B282C

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B282C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B282C	1.00	8.62	2.44	8.62
#FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990B2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b282c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46965',
    500: '#8b282c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b282c;
$custom-light: #b46965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b282c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.576,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43204,
    "c": 0.13361,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B282C

secondary

#59B6B2

accent

#DFD949

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B282C

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

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