#8B2E20#8B2E20

#8B2E20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.129 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E20
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 32)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.03, 38.72, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.03, 49.03, 37.84°)
OKLab	oklab(43.74% 0.1106 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(43.74% 0.129 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8865, 7.5490, 2.1974)
Luminance	0.0755 (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

#8B2E20 #207D8B

analogous

#8B2047 #8B2E20 #8B6320

triadic

#8B2E20 #208B2E #2E208B

tetradic

#8B2E20 #478B20 #207D8B #63208B

square

#8B2E20 #478B20 #207D8B #63208B

split-complementary

#8B2E20 #208B63 #20478B

monochromatic

#280D09 #591E15 #8B2E20 #BD3E2B #D6614F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.37

#8B2E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E20

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E20	1.00	8.37	2.51	8.37
#FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48411E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.129 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5c',
    500: '#8b2e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e20;
$custom-light: #b46c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.85,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43741,
    "c": 0.12937,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E20

secondary

#4DABBA

accent

#D0E642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E20

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

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