#8B2D2B#8B2D2B

#8B2D2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D2B
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 43)
HSL	hsl(1, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.01, 39.74, 23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.01, 46.11, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1162 0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.128 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0231, 7.5419, 3.1077)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D2B #2B898B

analogous

#8B2B59 #8B2D2B #8B5D2B

triadic

#8B2D2B #2B8B2D #2D2B8B

tetradic

#8B2D2B #598B2B #2B898B #5D2B8B

square

#8B2D2B #598B2B #2B898B #5D2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2D2B #2B8B5D #2B598B

monochromatic

#2E0F0E #5C1E1D #8B2D2B #BA3C39 #CE6462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B2D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D2B

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D2B	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b64',
    500: '#8b2d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d2b;
$custom-light: #b36b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.25,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43778,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D2B

secondary

#5DB3B5

accent

#D9DC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D2B

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

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