#8B2A20#8B2A20

#8B2A20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A20
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.37, 40.49, 29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.37, 50.02, 35.95°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% 0.1161 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.133 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7374, 7.2509, 2.1477)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A20 #20818B

analogous

#8B204B #8B2A20 #8B5F20

triadic

#8B2A20 #208B2A #2A208B

tetradic

#8B2A20 #4B8B20 #20818B #5F208B

square

#8B2A20 #4B8B20 #20818B #5F208B

split-complementary

#8B2A20 #208B5F #204B8B

monochromatic

#280C09 #591B15 #8B2A20 #BD392B #D65C4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#8B2A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A20

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A20	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990B28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5c',
    500: '#8b2a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a20;
$custom-light: #b46a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.607,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4325,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A20

secondary

#4DAFBA

accent

#D6E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A20

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

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