#8B2D32#8B2D32

#8B2D32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D32
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 50)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 40.19, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 44.50, 25.42°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.119 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.128 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1628, 7.5977, 3.8430)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D32 #2D8B86

analogous

#8B2D61 #8B2D32 #8B572D

triadic

#8B2D32 #328B2D #2D328B

tetradic

#8B2D32 #618B2D #2D8B86 #572D8B

square

#8B2D32 #618B2D #2D8B86 #572D8B

split-complementary

#8B2D32 #2D8B57 #2D618B

monochromatic

#2F0F11 #5D1E21 #8B2D32 #B93C43 #CD656B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D32

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D32	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D552F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991830

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c69',
    500: '#8b2d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d32;
$custom-light: #b36c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.809,
    "s": 51.087,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43908,
    "c": 0.12757,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D32

secondary

#60B4AF

accent

#DBD34D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D32

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

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