#8B2E27#8B2E27

#8B2E27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.128 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E27
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 39)
HSL	hsl(4, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 39.07, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 46.92, 33.63°)
OKLab	oklab(43.84% 0.1132 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(43.84% 0.128 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9919, 7.5911, 2.7528)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E27 #27848B

analogous

#8B2752 #8B2E27 #8B6027

triadic

#8B2E27 #278B2E #2E278B

tetradic

#8B2E27 #528B27 #27848B #60278B

square

#8B2E27 #528B27 #27848B #60278B

split-complementary

#8B2E27 #278B60 #27528B

monochromatic

#2B0E0C #5B1E1A #8B2E27 #BB3E34 #D1645B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E27

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E27	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)

#484126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99162D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.128 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c61',
    500: '#8b2e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e27;
$custom-light: #b46c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43839,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E27

secondary

#58B0B6

accent

#D5DF48

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E27

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