#8B2D2C#8B2D2C

#8B2D2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D2C
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 39.80, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 45.86, 29.77°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.1166 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.128 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0417, 7.5493, 3.2055)
Luminance	0.0755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D2C #2C8A8B

analogous

#8B2C5A #8B2D2C #8B5C2C

triadic

#8B2D2C #2C8B2D #2D2C8B

tetradic

#8B2D2C #5A8B2C #2C8A8B #5C2C8B

square

#8B2D2C #5A8B2C #2C8A8B #5C2C8B

split-complementary

#8B2D2C #2C8B5C #2C5A8B

monochromatic

#2E0F0F #5D1E1D #8B2D2C #B93C3B #CE6564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B2D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D2C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D2C	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)

#46412B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b65',
    500: '#8b2d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d2c;
$custom-light: #b36b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.632,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43795,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D2C

secondary

#5FB3B4

accent

#DADB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D2C

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

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