#8B2A30#8B2A30

#8B2A30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A30
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 48)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 41.37, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 45.83, 25.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.51% 0.1224 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(43.51% 0.131 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0101, 7.3600, 3.5839)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A30 #2A8B85

analogous

#8B2A60 #8B2A30 #8B552A

triadic

#8B2A30 #308B2A #2A308B

tetradic

#8B2A30 #608B2A #2A8B85 #552A8B

square

#8B2A30 #608B2A #2A8B85 #552A8B

split-complementary

#8B2A30 #2A8B55 #2A608B

monochromatic

#2D0E10 #5C1C20 #8B2A30 #BA3840 #CF6067

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B2A30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2A30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A30

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A30	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44402F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C542D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a68',
    500: '#8b2a30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a30;
$custom-light: #b36a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.289,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43508,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A30

secondary

#5CB5AF

accent

#DDD44B

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A30

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

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