#8B2B1D#8B2B1D

#8B2B1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B1D
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 39.93, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 50.70, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.1138 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.133 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7344, 7.3072, 1.9547)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B1D #1D7D8B

analogous

#8B1D46 #8B2B1D #8B621D

triadic

#8B2B1D #1D8B2B #2B1D8B

tetradic

#8B2B1D #468B1D #1D7D8B #621D8B

square

#8B2B1D #468B1D #1D7D8B #621D8B

split-complementary

#8B2B1D #1D8B62 #1D468B

monochromatic

#260C08 #581B12 #8B2B1D #BE3B28 #D95C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B2B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B1D

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B1D	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)

#473F1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5419

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5a',
    500: '#8b2b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b1d;
$custom-light: #b46a5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43333,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B1D

secondary

#49ADBB

accent

#D3E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B1D

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

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