#8B2D28#8B2D28

#8B2D28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D28
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 40)
HSL	hsl(3, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 39.57, 25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 46.91, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(43.73% 0.115 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(43.73% 0.129 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9701, 7.5206, 2.8284)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D28 #28868B

analogous

#8B2855 #8B2D28 #8B5E28

triadic

#8B2D28 #288B2D #2D288B

tetradic

#8B2D28 #558B28 #28868B #5E288B

square

#8B2D28 #558B28 #28868B #5E288B

split-complementary

#8B2D28 #288B5E #28558B

monochromatic

#2C0E0D #5B1E1A #8B2D28 #BB3C36 #D0635D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D28

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D28	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b62',
    500: '#8b2d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d28;
$custom-light: #b46b62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.03,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43729,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D28

secondary

#59B1B6

accent

#D7DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D28

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

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