#8B2A29#8B2A29

#8B2A29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A29
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 40.94, 24.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 47.46, 30.39°)
OKLab	oklab(43.38% 0.1195 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(43.38% 0.132 25)
XYZ	xyz(11.8769, 7.3067, 2.8823)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A29 #298A8B

analogous

#8B2959 #8B2A29 #8B5B29

triadic

#8B2A29 #298B2A #2A298B

tetradic

#8B2A29 #598B29 #298A8B #5B298B

square

#8B2A29 #598B29 #298A8B #5B298B

split-complementary

#8B2A29 #298B5B #29598B

monochromatic

#2C0D0D #5C1C1B #8B2A29 #BA3837 #D0605F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B2A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A29

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A29	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a63',
    500: '#8b2a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a29;
$custom-light: #b46a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.612,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43383,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.07305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A29

secondary

#5BB4B5

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A29

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

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