#8B2E22#8B2E22

#8B2E22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.129 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E22
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 34)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.05, 38.81, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.05, 48.41, 36.69°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1113 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.129 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9145, 7.5602, 2.3449)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E22 #227F8B

analogous

#8B224B #8B2E22 #8B6322

triadic

#8B2E22 #228B2E #2E228B

tetradic

#8B2E22 #4B8B22 #227F8B #63228B

square

#8B2E22 #4B8B22 #227F8B #63228B

split-complementary

#8B2E22 #228B63 #224B8B

monochromatic

#290D0A #5A1E16 #8B2E22 #BC3E2E #D56153

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B2E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E22

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E22	1.00	8.36	2.51	8.36
#FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.129 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5e',
    500: '#8b2e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e22;
$custom-light: #b46c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.857,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43767,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E22

secondary

#50ADB8

accent

#D2E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E22

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