#8B2E24#8B2E24

#8B2E24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.129 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E24
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 36)
HSL	hsl(6, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(6, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 38.91, 27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 47.80, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.8% 0.112 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(43.8% 0.129 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9442, 7.5720, 2.5013)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E24 #24818B

analogous

#8B244E #8B2E24 #8B6224

triadic

#8B2E24 #248B2E #2E248B

tetradic

#8B2E24 #4E8B24 #24818B #62248B

square

#8B2E24 #4E8B24 #24818B #62248B

split-complementary

#8B2E24 #248B62 #244E8B

monochromatic

#2A0E0B #5A1E17 #8B2E24 #BC3E31 #D36256

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B2E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E24

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E24	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.129 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5f',
    500: '#8b2e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e24;
$custom-light: #b46c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.825,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43795,
    "c": 0.12855,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E24

secondary

#53AEB7

accent

#D3E246

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E24

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