#8B2E1D#8B2E1D

#8B2E1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E1D
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 29)
HSL	hsl(9, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.99, 38.59, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.99, 49.99, 39.46°)
OKLab	oklab(43.71% 0.1096 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(43.71% 0.13 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8475, 7.5334, 1.9924)
Luminance	0.0753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E1D #1D7A8B

analogous

#8B1D43 #8B2E1D #8B651D

triadic

#8B2E1D #1D8B2E #2E1D8B

tetradic

#8B2E1D #438B1D #1D7A8B #651D8B

square

#8B2E1D #438B1D #1D7A8B #651D8B

split-complementary

#8B2E1D #1D8B65 #1D438B

monochromatic

#260C08 #581D12 #8B2E1D #BE3F28 #D96049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8B2E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E1D

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E1D	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)

#48411A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5a',
    500: '#8b2e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e1d;
$custom-light: #b46c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43705,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E1D

secondary

#49AABB

accent

#CEE83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E1D

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

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