#8B2A24#8B2A24

#8B2A24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A24
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(3, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.42, 40.68, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.42, 48.83, 33.58°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1176 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.133 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7952, 7.2740, 2.4517)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A24 #24858B

analogous

#8B2452 #8B2A24 #8B5E24

triadic

#8B2A24 #248B2A #2A248B

tetradic

#8B2A24 #528B24 #24858B #5E248B

square

#8B2A24 #528B24 #24858B #5E248B

split-complementary

#8B2A24 #248B5E #24528B

monochromatic

#2A0D0B #5A1B17 #8B2A24 #BC3931 #D35D56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8B2A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A24

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A24	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)

#453F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5f',
    500: '#8b2a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a24;
$custom-light: #b46a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.495,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43305,
    "c": 0.13265,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A24

secondary

#53B2B7

accent

#D9E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A24

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

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