#8B282D#8B282D

#8B282D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B282D
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(357, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 42.02, 21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 47.05, 26.75°)
OKLab	oklab(43.22% 0.1238 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(43.22% 0.134 22)
XYZ	xyz(11.8811, 7.1977, 3.2458)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B282D #288B86

analogous

#8B285E #8B282D #8B5528

triadic

#8B282D #2D8B28 #282D8B

tetradic

#8B282D #5E8B28 #288B86 #55288B

square

#8B282D #5E8B28 #288B86 #55288B

split-complementary

#8B282D #288B55 #285E8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0E #5B1A1E #8B282D #BB363C #D05D63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8B282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B282D

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B282D	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990B2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36965',
    500: '#8b282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b282d;
$custom-light: #b36965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.97,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43223,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.07196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B282D

secondary

#59B6B1

accent

#DFD749

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B282D

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

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