#8B2B29#8B2B29

#8B2B29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B29
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 41)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.65, 40.51, 24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.65, 47.19, 30.85°)
OKLab	oklab(43.5% 0.1182 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(43.5% 0.131 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9128, 7.3785, 2.8943)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B29 #29898B

analogous

#8B2958 #8B2B29 #8B5C29

triadic

#8B2B29 #298B2B #2B298B

tetradic

#8B2B29 #588B29 #29898B #5C298B

square

#8B2B29 #588B29 #29898B #5C298B

split-complementary

#8B2B29 #298B5C #29588B

monochromatic

#2C0E0D #5C1C1B #8B2B29 #BA3A37 #D0615F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8B2B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B29

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B29	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46a63',
    500: '#8b2b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b29;
$custom-light: #b46a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.224,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43501,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B29

secondary

#5BB3B5

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B29

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

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