#8B2B2C#8B2B2C

#8B2B2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B2C
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 44)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.70, 40.68, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.70, 46.43, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1194 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.13 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9672, 7.4003, 3.1806)
Luminance	0.0740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B2C #2B8B8A

analogous

#8B2B5C #8B2B2C #8B5A2B

triadic

#8B2B2C #2C8B2B #2B2C8B

tetradic

#8B2B2C #5C8B2B #2B8B8A #5A2B8B

square

#8B2B2C #5C8B2B #2B8B8A #5A2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B2C #2B8B5A #2B5C8B

monochromatic

#2E0E0E #5C1D1D #8B2B2C #BA393B #CE6263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#8B2B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B2C

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B2C	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)

#45402B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a65',
    500: '#8b2b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b2c;
$custom-light: #b36a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.375,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43552,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B2C

secondary

#5DB5B4

accent

#DCDB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B2C

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

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