#8B2C2E#8B2C2E

#8B2C2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C2E
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 46)
HSL	hsl(359, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.90, 40.37, 21.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.90, 45.67, 27.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1188 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.129 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0425, 7.4893, 3.3957)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C2E #2C8B89

analogous

#8B2C5D #8B2C2E #8B592C

triadic

#8B2C2E #2E8B2C #2C2E8B

tetradic

#8B2C2E #5D8B2C #2C8B89 #592C8B

square

#8B2C2E #5D8B2C #2C8B89 #592C8B

split-complementary

#8B2C2E #2C8B59 #2C5D8B

monochromatic

#2E0F0F #5D1D1F #8B2C2E #B93B3D #CE6466

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8B2C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C2E

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C2E	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45412D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b66',
    500: '#8b2c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c2e;
$custom-light: #b36b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.737,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43709,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C2E

secondary

#5FB4B2

accent

#DBD84C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C2E

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

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