#8B2B2F#8B2B2F

#8B2B2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B2F
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.75, 40.87, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.75, 45.74, 26.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.1206 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.13 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0256, 7.4237, 3.4884)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B2F #2B8B87

analogous

#8B2B5F #8B2B2F #8B572B

triadic

#8B2B2F #2F8B2B #2B2F8B

tetradic

#8B2B2F #5F8B2B #2B8B87 #572B8B

square

#8B2B2F #5F8B2B #2B8B87 #572B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B2F #2B8B57 #2B5F8B

monochromatic

#2E0E0F #5C1D1F #8B2B2F #BA393F #CE6266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8B2B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B2F

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B2F	1.00	8.45	2.48	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45402E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36a67',
    500: '#8b2b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b2f;
$custom-light: #b36a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43607,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B2F

secondary

#5DB5B1

accent

#DCD64C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B2F

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

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