#8B2A1B#8B2A1B

#8B2A1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A1B
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.32, 40.29, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.32, 51.57, 38.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.19% 0.1144 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(43.19% 0.134 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6746, 7.2258, 1.8167)
Luminance	0.0722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A1B #1B7C8B

analogous

#8B1B44 #8B2A1B #8B621B

triadic

#8B2A1B #1B8B2A #2A1B8B

tetradic

#8B2A1B #448B1B #1B7C8B #621B8B

square

#8B2A1B #448B1B #1B7C8B #621B8B

split-complementary

#8B2A1B #1B8B62 #1B448B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581B11 #8B2A1B #BE3925 #DB5945

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.59

#8B2A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A1B

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A1B	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)

#463E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990A27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a58',
    500: '#8b2a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a1b;
$custom-light: #b56a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.036,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43191,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A1B

secondary

#45ADBC

accent

#D3EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A1B

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

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