#8B2C24#8B2C24

#8B2C24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.131 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C24
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 39.81, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 48.31, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(43.55% 0.1149 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(43.55% 0.131 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8679, 7.4194, 2.4759)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C24 #24838B

analogous

#8B2450 #8B2C24 #8B6024

triadic

#8B2C24 #248B2C #2C248B

tetradic

#8B2C24 #508B24 #24838B #60248B

square

#8B2C24 #508B24 #24838B #60248B

split-complementary

#8B2C24 #248B60 #24508B

monochromatic

#2A0D0B #5A1D17 #8B2C24 #BC3B31 #D36056

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8B2C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C24

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C24	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)

#474022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99112B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.131 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5f',
    500: '#8b2c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c24;
$custom-light: #b46b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.66,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43545,
    "c": 0.13061,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C24

secondary

#53B0B7

accent

#D6E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C24

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

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