#8B282E#8B282E

#8B282E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.133 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B282E
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.27, 42.08, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.27, 46.83, 26.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.1242 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.133 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9006, 7.2055, 3.3484)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B282E #288B85

analogous

#8B285F #8B282E #8B5428

triadic

#8B282E #2E8B28 #282E8B

tetradic

#8B282E #5F8B28 #288B85 #54288B

square

#8B282E #5F8B28 #288B85 #54288B

split-complementary

#8B282E #288B54 #285F8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1A1E #8B282E #BB363E #D05D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8B282E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B282E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B282E

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B282E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B282E	1.00	8.60	2.44	8.60
#FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b282e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.133 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36966',
    500: '#8b282e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b282e;
$custom-light: #b36966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b282e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43241,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B282E

secondary

#59B6B0

accent

#DFD649

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B282E

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

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