#8B282F#8B282F

#8B282F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B282F
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 42.14, 19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 46.62, 25.33°)
OKLab	oklab(43.26% 0.1246 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(43.26% 0.133 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9206, 7.2135, 3.4534)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B282F #288B84

analogous

#8B2860 #8B282F #8B5328

triadic

#8B282F #2F8B28 #282F8B

tetradic

#8B282F #608B28 #288B84 #53288B

square

#8B282F #608B28 #288B84 #53288B

split-complementary

#8B282F #288B53 #28608B

monochromatic

#2C0D0F #5B1A1F #8B282F #BB363F #D05D65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8B282F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B282F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B282F

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B282F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B282F	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)

#433F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b282f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36967',
    500: '#8b282f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b282f;
$custom-light: #b36967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b282f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.758,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4326,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B282F

secondary

#59B6AF

accent

#DFD449

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B282F

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

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