#8B2B22#8B2B22

#8B2B22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B22
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.56, 40.15, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.56, 49.16, 35.25°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1155 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.132 29)
XYZ	xyz(11.8014, 7.3339, 2.3072)
Luminance	0.0733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B22 #22828B

analogous

#8B224E #8B2B22 #8B6022

triadic

#8B2B22 #228B2B #2B228B

tetradic

#8B2B22 #4E8B22 #22828B #60228B

square

#8B2B22 #4E8B22 #22828B #60228B

split-complementary

#8B2B22 #228B60 #224E8B

monochromatic

#290D0A #5A1C16 #8B2B22 #BC3A2E #D55E53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51

#8B2B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B22

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B22	1.00	8.51	2.47	8.51
#FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E541F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a5d',
    500: '#8b2b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b22;
$custom-light: #b46a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43396,
    "c": 0.13199,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.07332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B22

secondary

#50B0B8

accent

#D6E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B22

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

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