#8B2A2A#8B2A2A

#8B2A2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A2A
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 42)
HSL	hsl(0, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(0, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 41.00, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 47.20, 29.71°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1199 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.132 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8946, 7.3138, 2.9754)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A2A #2A8B8B

analogous

#8B2A5A #8B2A2A #8B5A2A

triadic

#8B2A2A #2A8B2A #2A2A8B

tetradic

#8B2A2A #5A8B2A #2A8B8B #5A2A8B

square

#8B2A2A #5A8B2A #2A8B8B #5A2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A2A #2A8B5A #2A5A8B

monochromatic

#2D0E0E #5C1C1C #8B2A2A #BA3838 #CF6060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B2A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A2A

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A2A	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)

#453F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a63',
    500: '#8b2a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a2a;
$custom-light: #b46a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43399,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A2A

secondary

#5CB5B5

accent

#DDDD4B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A2A

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

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