#8B2E23#8B2E23

#8B2E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.129 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E23
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 35)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.06, 38.86, 28.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.06, 48.10, 36.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1117 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.129 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9291, 7.5660, 2.4220)
Luminance	0.0756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E23 #23808B

analogous

#8B234C #8B2E23 #8B6223

triadic

#8B2E23 #238B2E #2E238B

tetradic

#8B2E23 #4C8B23 #23808B #62238B

square

#8B2E23 #4C8B23 #23808B #62238B

split-complementary

#8B2E23 #238B62 #234C8B

monochromatic

#290E0A #5A1E17 #8B2E23 #BC3E2F #D46254

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.36

#8B2E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E23

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E23	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)

#484121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.129 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5e',
    500: '#8b2e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e23;
$custom-light: #b46c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.346,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43781,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E23

secondary

#52ADB8

accent

#D2E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E23

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