#8B291D#8B291D

#8B291D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B291D
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.18, 40.79, 30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.18, 51.18, 37.16°)
OKLab	oklab(43.1% 0.1164 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(43.1% 0.135 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6635, 7.1653, 1.9311)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B291D #1D7F8B

analogous

#8B1D48 #8B291D #8B601D

triadic

#8B291D #1D8B29 #291D8B

tetradic

#8B291D #488B1D #1D7F8B #601D8B

square

#8B291D #488B1D #1D7F8B #601D8B

split-complementary

#8B291D #1D8B60 #1D488B

monochromatic

#260B08 #581A12 #8B291D #BE3828 #D95949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.63

#8B291D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B291D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B291D

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B291D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B291D	1.00	8.63	2.43	8.63
#FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453E1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b291d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5695a',
    500: '#8b291d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b291d;
$custom-light: #b5695a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b291d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43096,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B291D

secondary

#49AFBB

accent

#D6E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B291D

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

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