#8B2B26#8B2B26

#8B2B26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B26
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 40.35, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 48.00, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(43.45% 0.117 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(43.45% 0.131 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.8625, 7.3584, 2.6290)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B26 #26868B

analogous

#8B2654 #8B2B26 #8B5D26

triadic

#8B2B26 #268B2B #2B268B

tetradic

#8B2B26 #548B26 #26868B #5D268B

square

#8B2B26 #548B26 #26868B #5D268B

split-complementary

#8B2B26 #268B5D #26548B

monochromatic

#2B0D0C #5B1C19 #8B2B26 #BB3A33 #D2605A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B2B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B26

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B26	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)

#463F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5423

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99102B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a60',
    500: '#8b2b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b26;
$custom-light: #b46a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.97,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43454,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.07357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B26

secondary

#56B2B7

accent

#D9E047

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B26

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

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