#8B2D2D#8B2D2D

#8B2D2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D2D
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 45)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.04, 39.86, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.04, 45.61, 29.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.117 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.128 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0607, 7.5569, 3.3057)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D2D #2D8B8B

analogous

#8B2D5C #8B2D2D #8B5C2D

triadic

#8B2D2D #2D8B2D #2D2D8B

tetradic

#8B2D2D #5C8B2D #2D8B8B #5C2D8B

square

#8B2D2D #5C8B2D #2D8B8B #5C2D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D2D #2D8B5C #2D5C8B

monochromatic

#2F0F0F #5D1E1E #8B2D2D #B93C3C #CD6565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B2D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D2D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D2D	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46412C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E552A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36b66',
    500: '#8b2d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d2d;
$custom-light: #b36b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43813,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D2D

secondary

#60B4B4

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D2D

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

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