#8B2C1D#8B2C1D

#8B2C1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C1D
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 29)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.66, 39.49, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.66, 50.46, 38.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.46% 0.1124 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(43.46% 0.132 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7712, 7.3808, 1.9670)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C1D #1D7C8B

analogous

#8B1D45 #8B2C1D #8B631D

triadic

#8B2C1D #1D8B2C #2C1D8B

tetradic

#8B2C1D #458B1D #1D7C8B #631D8B

square

#8B2C1D #458B1D #1D7C8B #631D8B

split-complementary

#8B2C1D #1D8B63 #1D458B

monochromatic

#260C08 #581C12 #8B2C1D #BE3C28 #D95D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8B2C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2C1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C1D

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C1D	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5a',
    500: '#8b2c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c1d;
$custom-light: #b46b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.182,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43455,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C1D

secondary

#49ACBB

accent

#D1E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C1D

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

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