#8B2A2D#8B2A2D

#8B2A2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A2D
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(358, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 41.18, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 46.48, 27.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.1211 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.131 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9503, 7.3361, 3.2689)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A2D #2A8B88

analogous

#8B2A5E #8B2A2D #8B572A

triadic

#8B2A2D #2D8B2A #2A2D8B

tetradic

#8B2A2D #5E8B2A #2A8B88 #572A8B

square

#8B2A2D #5E8B2A #2A8B88 #572A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A2D #2A8B57 #2A5E8B

monochromatic

#2D0E0F #5C1C1E #8B2A2D #BA383C #CF6064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8B2A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A2D

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A2D	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D542A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99102C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a66',
    500: '#8b2a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a2d;
$custom-light: #b36a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.144,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43452,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A2D

secondary

#5CB5B2

accent

#DDD84B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A2D

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

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