#8B2920#8B2920

#8B2920 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.134 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2920
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 32)
HSL	hsl(5, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.22, 40.92, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.22, 50.26, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.13% 0.1175 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(43.13% 0.134 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.7024, 7.1809, 2.1361)
Luminance	0.0718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2920 #20828B

analogous

#8B204C #8B2920 #8B5E20

triadic

#8B2920 #208B29 #29208B

tetradic

#8B2920 #4C8B20 #20828B #5E208B

square

#8B2920 #4C8B20 #20828B #5E208B

split-complementary

#8B2920 #208B5E #204C8B

monochromatic

#280C09 #591A15 #8B2920 #BD382B #D65A4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.62

#8B2920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2920 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2920

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2920	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)

#453E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.134 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4695c',
    500: '#8b2920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2920;
$custom-light: #b4695c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.047,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43133,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2920

secondary

#4DB0BA

accent

#D8E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2920

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

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