#8B2929#8B2929

#8B2929 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2929
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 41)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 41.37, 23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 47.73, 29.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.1209 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.133 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8419, 7.2367, 2.8707)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2929 #298B8B

analogous

#8B295A #8B2929 #8B5A29

triadic

#8B2929 #298B29 #29298B

tetradic

#8B2929 #5A8B29 #298B8B #5A298B

square

#8B2929 #5A8B29 #298B8B #5A298B

split-complementary

#8B2929 #298B5A #295A8B

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5C1B1B #8B2929 #BA3737 #D05F5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8B2929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2929 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2929

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2929	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46962',
    500: '#8b2929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2929;
$custom-light: #b46962;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43266,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2929

secondary

#5BB5B5

accent

#DEDE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2929

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

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