#8B2D1D#8B2D1D

#8B2D1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D1D
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.82, 39.05, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.82, 50.23, 38.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.58% 0.111 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(43.58% 0.131 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8089, 7.4562, 1.9795)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D1D #1D7B8B

analogous

#8B1D44 #8B2D1D #8B641D

triadic

#8B2D1D #1D8B2D #2D1D8B

tetradic

#8B2D1D #448B1D #1D7B8B #641D8B

square

#8B2D1D #448B1D #1D7B8B #641D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D1D #1D8B64 #1D448B

monochromatic

#260C08 #581D12 #8B2D1D #BE3D28 #D95E49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8B2D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D1D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D1D	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)

#48401B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5519

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5a',
    500: '#8b2d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d1d;
$custom-light: #b46b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43579,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D1D

secondary

#49ABBB

accent

#D0E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D1D

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

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