#8B2D23#8B2D23

#8B2D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D23
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.89, 39.31, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.89, 48.36, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1131 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.13 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8905, 7.4888, 2.4092)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D23 #23818B

analogous

#8B234D #8B2D23 #8B6123

triadic

#8B2D23 #238B2D #2D238B

tetradic

#8B2D23 #4D8B23 #23818B #61238B

square

#8B2D23 #4D8B23 #23818B #61238B

split-complementary

#8B2D23 #238B61 #234D8B

monochromatic

#290D0A #5A1D17 #8B2D23 #BC3D2F #D46154

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.41

#8B2D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D23

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D23	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)

#474021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5e',
    500: '#8b2d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d23;
$custom-light: #b46b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43655,
    "c": 0.12977,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D23

secondary

#52AEB8

accent

#D4E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D23

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

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