#8B2B20#8B2B20

#8B2B20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B20
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 32)
HSL	hsl(6, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.53, 40.06, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.53, 49.77, 36.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.37% 0.1148 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(43.37% 0.132 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7734, 7.3227, 2.1597)
Luminance	0.0732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B20 #20808B

analogous

#8B204A #8B2B20 #8B6020

triadic

#8B2B20 #208B2B #2B208B

tetradic

#8B2B20 #4A8B20 #20808B #60208B

square

#8B2B20 #4A8B20 #20808B #60208B

split-complementary

#8B2B20 #208B60 #204A8B

monochromatic

#280C09 #591C15 #8B2B20 #BD3A2B #D65D4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.52

#8B2B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B20

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B20	1.00	8.52	2.46	8.52
#FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5c',
    500: '#8b2b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b20;
$custom-light: #b46a5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4337,
    "c": 0.13237,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B20

secondary

#4DAEBA

accent

#D5E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B20

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

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