#8B2D1C#8B2D1C

#8B2D1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D1C
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 28)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.81, 39.01, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.81, 50.55, 39.49°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.1107 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.131 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7968, 7.4513, 1.9155)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D1C #1C7A8B

analogous

#8B1C43 #8B2D1C #8B641C

triadic

#8B2D1C #1C8B2D #2D1C8B

tetradic

#8B2D1C #438B1C #1C7A8B #641C8B

square

#8B2D1C #438B1C #1C7A8B #641C8B

split-complementary

#8B2D1C #1C8B64 #1C438B

monochromatic

#250C07 #581D12 #8B2D1C #BE3D26 #DA5E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8B2D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D1C

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D1C	1.00	8.43	2.49	8.43
#FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b59',
    500: '#8b2d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d1c;
$custom-light: #b46b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.189,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43567,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D1C

secondary

#47AABC

accent

#CFE93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D1C

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

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