#8B2D21#8B2D21

#8B2D21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2D21
RGBrgb(139, 45, 33)
HSLhsl(7, 62%, 34%)
HSVhsv(7, 76%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 67.6%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(32.87, 39.22, 29.32)
CIE-LCHlch(32.87, 48.97, 36.78°)
OKLaboklab(43.63% 0.1124 0.0657)
OKLCHoklch(43.63% 0.13 30.3)
XYZxyz(11.8617, 7.4773, 2.2572)
Luminance0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2D21 #217F8B
analogous
#8B214A #8B2D21 #8B6221
triadic
#8B2D21 #218B2D #2D218B
tetradic
#8B2D21 #4A8B21 #217F8B #62218B
square
#8B2D21 #4A8B21 #217F8B #62218B
split-complementary
#8B2D21 #218B62 #214A8B
monochromatic
#280D0A #5A1D15 #8B2D21 #BC3D2D #D66051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42
#8B2D21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50
#8B2D21 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D21
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2D21#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B2D211.008.422.508.42
#FFFFFF8.421.0021.001.00
#0000002.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#47401F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F551E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#99132B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 30.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5d',
    500: '#8b2d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2d21;
$custom-light: #b46b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.792,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43628,
    "c": 0.13017,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2D21
secondary
#4FADB9
accent
#D2E543
background
#FBF6F5
surface
#F7EBE9
border
#D0C6C5
text
#120704
muted
#817A79

Preview Lab

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#8B2D21 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva