#8B2E1E#8B2E1E

#8B2E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E1E
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 30)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.00, 38.64, 31.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.00, 49.67, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(43.72% 0.1099 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.72% 0.13 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8601, 7.5384, 2.0586)
Luminance	0.0754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E1E #1E7B8B

analogous

#8B1E45 #8B2E1E #8B641E

triadic

#8B2E1E #1E8B2E #2E1E8B

tetradic

#8B2E1E #458B1E #1E7B8B #641E8B

square

#8B2E1E #458B1E #1E7B8B #641E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E1E #1E8B64 #1E458B

monochromatic

#260D08 #591D13 #8B2E1E #BD3F29 #D8604B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.38

#8B2E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E1E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E1E	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)

#48411C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5b',
    500: '#8b2e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e1e;
$custom-light: #b46c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.807,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43717,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E1E

secondary

#4AAABB

accent

#CFE740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E1E

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

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