#8B2D22#8B2D22

#8B2D22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.130 H 29.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D22
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 34)
HSL	hsl(6, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.88, 39.27, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.88, 48.66, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1127 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.13 29.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8759, 7.4829, 2.3321)
Luminance	0.0748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D22 #22808B

analogous

#8B224C #8B2D22 #8B6222

triadic

#8B2D22 #228B2D #2D228B

tetradic

#8B2D22 #4C8B22 #22808B #62228B

square

#8B2D22 #4C8B22 #22808B #62228B

split-complementary

#8B2D22 #228B62 #224C8B

monochromatic

#290D0A #5A1D16 #8B2D22 #BC3D2E #D56053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8B2D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D22

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D22	1.00	8.41	2.50	8.41
#FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.130 29.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5d',
    500: '#8b2d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d22;
$custom-light: #b46b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.286,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43641,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 29.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D22

secondary

#50AEB8

accent

#D3E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D22

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

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