#8B2E26#8B2E26

#8B2E26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E26
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 38)
HSL	hsl(5, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 39.01, 26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 47.21, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(43.82% 0.1128 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(43.82% 0.128 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9756, 7.5846, 2.6667)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E26 #26838B

analogous

#8B2651 #8B2E26 #8B6026

triadic

#8B2E26 #268B2E #2E268B

tetradic

#8B2E26 #518B26 #26838B #60268B

square

#8B2E26 #518B26 #26838B #60268B

split-complementary

#8B2E26 #268B60 #26518B

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5B1E19 #8B2E26 #BB3E33 #D2635A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E26

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E26	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c60',
    500: '#8b2e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e26;
$custom-light: #b46c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.752,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43824,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E26

secondary

#56AFB7

accent

#D4E047

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E26

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