#8B2A1A#8B2A1A

#8B2A1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A1A
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.31, 40.25, 32.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.31, 51.89, 39.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.18% 0.1141 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(43.18% 0.134 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6632, 7.2212, 1.7568)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A1A #1A7B8B

analogous

#8B1A42 #8B2A1A #8B631A

triadic

#8B2A1A #1A8B2A #2A1A8B

tetradic

#8B2A1A #428B1A #1A7B8B #631A8B

square

#8B2A1A #428B1A #1A7B8B #631A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A1A #1A8B63 #1A428B

monochromatic

#240B07 #571A10 #8B2A1A #BF3A24 #DC5943

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8B2A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2A1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A1A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A1A	1.00	8.59	2.44	8.59
#FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56958',
    500: '#8b2a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a1a;
$custom-light: #b56958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.496,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4318,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A1A

secondary

#44ACBD

accent

#D3EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A1A

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

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