#8B2A1E#8B2A1E

#8B2A1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.134 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A1E
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.35, 40.41, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.35, 50.63, 37.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.1154 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.134 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7111, 7.2404, 2.0089)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A1E #1E7F8B

analogous

#8B1E48 #8B2A1E #8B611E

triadic

#8B2A1E #1E8B2A #2A1E8B

tetradic

#8B2A1E #488B1E #1E7F8B #611E8B

square

#8B2A1E #488B1E #1E7F8B #611E8B

split-complementary

#8B2A1E #1E8B61 #1E488B

monochromatic

#260C08 #591B13 #8B2A1E #BD3929 #D85B4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#8B2A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A1E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A1E	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)

#463F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.134 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5b',
    500: '#8b2a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a1e;
$custom-light: #b46a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.606,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43225,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A1E

secondary

#4AAEBB

accent

#D5E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A1E

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

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