#8B2E25#8B2E25

#8B2E25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E25
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 37)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.09, 38.96, 27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.09, 47.50, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.81% 0.1124 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(43.81% 0.128 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.9597, 7.5782, 2.5829)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E25 #25828B

analogous

#8B254F #8B2E25 #8B6125

triadic

#8B2E25 #258B2E #2E258B

tetradic

#8B2E25 #4F8B25 #25828B #61258B

square

#8B2E25 #4F8B25 #25828B #61258B

split-complementary

#8B2E25 #258B61 #254F8B

monochromatic

#2A0E0B #5B1E18 #8B2E25 #BB3E32 #D36358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B2E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E25

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E25	1.00	8.35	2.52	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c60',
    500: '#8b2e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e25;
$custom-light: #b46c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.294,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43809,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E25

secondary

#55AEB7

accent

#D4E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E25

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