#8B2B2B#8B2B2B

#8B2B2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B2B
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 40.63, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 46.68, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1189 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.131 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9486, 7.3928, 3.0828)
Luminance	0.0739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B2B #2B8B8B

analogous

#8B2B5B #8B2B2B #8B5B2B

triadic

#8B2B2B #2B8B2B #2B2B8B

tetradic

#8B2B2B #5B8B2B #2B8B8B #5B2B8B

square

#8B2B2B #5B8B2B #2B8B8B #5B2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B2B #2B8B5B #2B5B8B

monochromatic

#2E0E0E #5C1D1D #8B2B2B #BA3939 #CE6262

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8B2B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B2B

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B2B	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a64',
    500: '#8b2b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b2b;
$custom-light: #b36a64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43535,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B2B

secondary

#5DB5B5

accent

#DCDC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B2B

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

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