#8B2A25#8B2A25

#8B2A25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.132 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A25
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 37)
HSL	hsl(3, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 40.73, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 48.54, 32.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.118 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.132 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8106, 7.2802, 2.5332)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A25 #25868B

analogous

#8B2553 #8B2A25 #8B5D25

triadic

#8B2A25 #258B2A #2A258B

tetradic

#8B2A25 #538B25 #25868B #5D258B

square

#8B2A25 #538B25 #25868B #5D258B

split-complementary

#8B2A25 #258B5D #25538B

monochromatic

#2A0D0B #5B1B18 #8B2A25 #BB3932 #D35E58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8B2A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A25

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A25	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.132 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a60',
    500: '#8b2a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a25;
$custom-light: #b46a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.941,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4332,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A25

secondary

#55B2B7

accent

#DAE147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A25

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

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