#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
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.87, 39.22, 29.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.87, 48.97, 36.78°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.1124 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.13 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8617, 7.4773, 2.2572)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8B2D21	1.00	8.42	2.50	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8B2D21

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

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