#8B2A2B#8B2A2B

#8B2A2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A2B
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(359, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 41.06, 22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 46.96, 29.03°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1203 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.132 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9127, 7.3210, 3.0708)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A2B #2A8B8A

analogous

#8B2A5C #8B2A2B #8B592A

triadic

#8B2A2B #2B8B2A #2A2B8B

tetradic

#8B2A2B #5C8B2A #2A8B8A #592A8B

square

#8B2A2B #5C8B2A #2A8B8A #592A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A2B #2A8B59 #2A5C8B

monochromatic

#2D0E0E #5C1C1C #8B2A2B #BA383A #CF6061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8B2A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A2B

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A2B	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a64',
    500: '#8b2a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a2b;
$custom-light: #b36a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.381,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43417,
    "c": 0.13162,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A2B

secondary

#5CB5B4

accent

#DDDB4B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A2B

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

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