#8B2B2E#8B2B2E

#8B2B2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B2E
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 46)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 40.81, 21.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 45.96, 27.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1202 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.13 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0057, 7.4157, 3.3834)
Luminance	0.0741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B2E #2B8B88

analogous

#8B2B5E #8B2B2E #8B582B

triadic

#8B2B2E #2E8B2B #2B2E8B

tetradic

#8B2B2E #5E8B2B #2B8B88 #582B8B

square

#8B2B2E #5E8B2B #2B8B88 #582B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B2E #2B8B58 #2B5E8B

monochromatic

#2E0E0F #5C1D1F #8B2B2E #BA393D #CE6265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8B2B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B2E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B2E	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)

#45402D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a66',
    500: '#8b2b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b2e;
$custom-light: #b36a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43588,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B2E

secondary

#5DB5B2

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B2E

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

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