#8B2B2D#8B2B2D

#8B2B2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B2D
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.72, 40.75, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.72, 46.19, 28.11°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1198 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.13 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.9862, 7.4079, 3.2808)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B2D #2B8B89

analogous

#8B2B5D #8B2B2D #8B592B

triadic

#8B2B2D #2D8B2B #2B2D8B

tetradic

#8B2B2D #5D8B2B #2B8B89 #592B8B

square

#8B2B2D #5D8B2B #2B8B89 #592B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B2D #2B8B59 #2B5D8B

monochromatic

#2E0E0F #5C1D1E #8B2B2D #BA393C #CE6264

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8B2B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B2D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B2D	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a66',
    500: '#8b2b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b2d;
$custom-light: #b36a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4357,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B2D

secondary

#5DB5B3

accent

#DCD94C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B2D

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

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