#8B2B1E#8B2B1E

#8B2B1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B1E
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 30)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.51, 39.97, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.51, 50.39, 37.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.35% 0.1141 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(43.35% 0.133 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7470, 7.3122, 2.0209)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B1E #1E7E8B

analogous

#8B1E47 #8B2B1E #8B611E

triadic

#8B2B1E #1E8B2B #2B1E8B

tetradic

#8B2B1E #478B1E #1E7E8B #611E8B

square

#8B2B1E #478B1E #1E7E8B #611E8B

split-complementary

#8B2B1E #1E8B61 #1E478B

monochromatic

#260C08 #591B13 #8B2B1E #BD3B29 #D85C4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#8B2B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B1E

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B1E	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)

#463F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5b',
    500: '#8b2b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b1e;
$custom-light: #b46a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.156,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43345,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B1E

secondary

#4AADBB

accent

#D4E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B1E

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

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