#8B2A28#8B2A28

#8B2A28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A28
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 40.89, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 47.72, 31.05°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1191 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.132 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8597, 7.2998, 2.7916)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A28 #28898B

analogous

#8B2858 #8B2A28 #8B5B28

triadic

#8B2A28 #288B2A #2A288B

tetradic

#8B2A28 #588B28 #28898B #5B288B

square

#8B2A28 #588B28 #28898B #5B288B

split-complementary

#8B2A28 #288B5B #28588B

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5B1C1A #8B2A28 #BB3836 #D05F5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A28

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A28	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a62',
    500: '#8b2a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a28;
$custom-light: #b46a62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.212,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43366,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A28

secondary

#59B4B6

accent

#DCDF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A28

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