#8B2B25#8B2B25

#8B2B25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.131 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B25
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 37)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 40.30, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 48.28, 33.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.44% 0.1166 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(43.44% 0.131 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.8465, 7.3520, 2.5452)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B25 #25858B

analogous

#8B2552 #8B2B25 #8B5E25

triadic

#8B2B25 #258B2B #2B258B

tetradic

#8B2B25 #528B25 #25858B #5E258B

square

#8B2B25 #528B25 #25858B #5E258B

split-complementary

#8B2B25 #258B5E #25528B

monochromatic

#2A0D0B #5B1C18 #8B2B25 #BB3A32 #D35F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B2B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B25

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B25	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.131 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a60',
    500: '#8b2b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b25;
$custom-light: #b46a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.529,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43439,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B25

secondary

#55B1B7

accent

#D8E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B25

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

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