#8B2D20#8B2D20

#8B2D20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D20
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 32)
HSL	hsl(7, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.86, 39.18, 29.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.86, 49.28, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.61% 0.112 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(43.61% 0.13 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8479, 7.4717, 2.1845)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D20 #207E8B

analogous

#8B2048 #8B2D20 #8B6220

triadic

#8B2D20 #208B2D #2D208B

tetradic

#8B2D20 #488B20 #207E8B #62208B

square

#8B2D20 #488B20 #207E8B #62208B

split-complementary

#8B2D20 #208B62 #20488B

monochromatic

#280D09 #591D15 #8B2D20 #BD3D2B #D65F4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#8B2D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D20

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D20	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48401E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5c',
    500: '#8b2d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d20;
$custom-light: #b46b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.29,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43615,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D20

secondary

#4DACBA

accent

#D2E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D20

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

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