#8B2A22#8B2A22

#8B2A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A22
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.40, 40.58, 28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.40, 49.42, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1169 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.133 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7655, 7.2621, 2.2953)
Luminance	0.0726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A22 #22838B

analogous

#8B224F #8B2A22 #8B5F22

triadic

#8B2A22 #228B2A #2A228B

tetradic

#8B2A22 #4F8B22 #22838B #5F228B

square

#8B2A22 #4F8B22 #22838B #5F228B

split-complementary

#8B2A22 #228B5F #224F8B

monochromatic

#290C0A #5A1B16 #8B2A22 #BC392E #D55C53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8B2A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A22

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A22	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5d',
    500: '#8b2a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a22;
$custom-light: #b46a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.571,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43277,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A22

secondary

#50B1B8

accent

#D8E444

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A22

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