#8B2C2F#8B2C2F

#8B2C2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C2F
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 40.43, 20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 45.44, 27.15°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.1192 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.129 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.0625, 7.4973, 3.5007)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C2F #2C8B88

analogous

#8B2C5E #8B2C2F #8B582C

triadic

#8B2C2F #2F8B2C #2C2F8B

tetradic

#8B2C2F #5E8B2C #2C8B88 #582C8B

square

#8B2C2F #5E8B2C #2C8B88 #582C8B

split-complementary

#8B2C2F #2C8B58 #2C5E8B

monochromatic

#2E0F10 #5D1D1F #8B2C2F #B93B3F #CE6467

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C2F

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C2F	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#45412E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b67',
    500: '#8b2c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c2f;
$custom-light: #b36b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.105,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43727,
    "c": 0.12899,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C2F

secondary

#5FB4B1

accent

#DBD74C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C2F

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

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