#8B2D24#8B2D24

#8B2D24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D24
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 36)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.91, 39.36, 27.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.91, 48.06, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% 0.1135 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.13 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9056, 7.4948, 2.4885)
Luminance	0.0749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D24 #24828B

analogous

#8B244F #8B2D24 #8B6124

triadic

#8B2D24 #248B2D #2D248B

tetradic

#8B2D24 #4F8B24 #24828B #61248B

square

#8B2D24 #4F8B24 #24828B #61248B

split-complementary

#8B2D24 #248B61 #244F8B

monochromatic

#2A0E0B #5A1D17 #8B2D24 #BC3D31 #D36156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D24

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D24	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5f',
    500: '#8b2d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d24;
$custom-light: #b46b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.243,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43669,
    "c": 0.12958,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D24

secondary

#53AFB7

accent

#D4E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D24

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

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