#8B2B1A#8B2B1A

#8B2B1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B1A
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 26)
HSL	hsl(9, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 39.82, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 51.66, 39.57°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% 0.1128 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.134 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6991, 7.2930, 1.7688)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B1A #1A7A8B

analogous

#8B1A41 #8B2B1A #8B641A

triadic

#8B2B1A #1A8B2B #2B1A8B

tetradic

#8B2B1A #418B1A #1A7A8B #641A8B

square

#8B2B1A #418B1A #1A7A8B #641A8B

split-complementary

#8B2B1A #1A8B64 #1A418B

monochromatic

#240B07 #571B10 #8B2B1A #BF3B24 #DC5A43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B1A

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B1A	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a58',
    500: '#8b2b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b1a;
$custom-light: #b56a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.027,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.433,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B1A

secondary

#44ABBD

accent

#D1EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B1A

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

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