#8B2D29#8B2D29

#8B2D29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D29
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 41)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 39.63, 24.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 46.64, 31.82°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1154 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.129 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9873, 7.5275, 2.9191)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D29 #29878B

analogous

#8B2956 #8B2D29 #8B5E29

triadic

#8B2D29 #298B2D #2D298B

tetradic

#8B2D29 #568B29 #29878B #5E298B

square

#8B2D29 #568B29 #29878B #5E298B

split-complementary

#8B2D29 #298B5E #29568B

monochromatic

#2C0E0D #5C1E1B #8B2D29 #BA3C37 #D0635F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8B2D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D29

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D29	1.00	8.38	2.51	8.38
#FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b63',
    500: '#8b2d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d29;
$custom-light: #b36b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.449,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43745,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D29

secondary

#5BB2B5

accent

#D8DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D29

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

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