#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
RGBrgb(139, 45, 28)
HSLhsl(9, 66%, 33%)
HSVhsv(9, 80%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(32.81, 39.01, 32.14)
CIE-LCHlch(32.81, 50.55, 39.49°)
OKLaboklab(43.57% 0.1107 0.0705)
OKLCHoklch(43.57% 0.131 32.5)
XYZxyz(11.7968, 7.4513, 1.9155)
Luminance0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8B2D1C1.008.432.498.43
#FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00
#0000002.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.431.0021.001.00

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

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#8B2D1C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva