#8B2E1C#8B2E1C

#8B2E1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E1C
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 28)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.98, 38.56, 32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.98, 50.31, 39.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.1093 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.13 33)
XYZ	xyz(11.8354, 7.5285, 1.9283)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E1C #1C798B

analogous

#8B1C41 #8B2E1C #8B661C

triadic

#8B2E1C #1C8B2E #2E1C8B

tetradic

#8B2E1C #418B1C #1C798B #661C8B

square

#8B2E1C #418B1C #1C798B #661C8B

split-complementary

#8B2E1C #1C8B66 #1C418B

monochromatic

#250C07 #581D12 #8B2E1C #BE3F26 #DA5F47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8B2E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E1C

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E1C	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)

#484119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605518

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c59',
    500: '#8b2e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e1c;
$custom-light: #b46c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.73,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43694,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.07527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E1C

secondary

#47A9BC

accent

#CEE93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E1C

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

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