#8B2D1E#8B2D1E

#8B2D1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D1E
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.83, 39.09, 31.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.83, 49.91, 38.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.59% 0.1113 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(43.59% 0.131 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.8215, 7.4612, 2.0457)
Luminance	0.0746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D1E #1E7C8B

analogous

#8B1E45 #8B2D1E #8B631E

triadic

#8B2D1E #1E8B2D #2D1E8B

tetradic

#8B2D1E #458B1E #1E7C8B #631E8B

square

#8B2D1E #458B1E #1E7C8B #631E8B

split-complementary

#8B2D1E #1E8B63 #1E458B

monochromatic

#260C08 #591D13 #8B2D1E #BD3D29 #D85F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.43

#8B2D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D1E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D1E	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)

#48401C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99122A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5b',
    500: '#8b2d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d1e;
$custom-light: #b46b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.257,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43591,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D1E

secondary

#4AABBB

accent

#D0E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D1E

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

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