#8B2A1D#8B2A1D

#8B2A1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A1D
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 29)
HSL	hsl(7, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 40.37, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 50.94, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(43.21% 0.1151 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(43.21% 0.134 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6985, 7.2353, 1.9427)
Luminance	0.0723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A1D #1D7E8B

analogous

#8B1D47 #8B2A1D #8B611D

triadic

#8B2A1D #1D8B2A #2A1D8B

tetradic

#8B2A1D #478B1D #1D7E8B #611D8B

square

#8B2A1D #478B1D #1D7E8B #611D8B

split-complementary

#8B2A1D #1D8B61 #1D478B

monochromatic

#260B08 #581B12 #8B2A1D #BE3928 #D95A49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8B2A1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2A1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A1D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A1D	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)

#463F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990A28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a5a',
    500: '#8b2a1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a1d;
$custom-light: #b56a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43213,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A1D

secondary

#49AEBB

accent

#D4E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130704

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A1D

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

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