#8B2E28#8B2E28

#8B2E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E28
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.13, 39.12, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.13, 46.64, 32.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.1136 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.128 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0087, 7.5979, 2.8413)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E28 #28858B

analogous

#8B2854 #8B2E28 #8B5F28

triadic

#8B2E28 #288B2E #2E288B

tetradic

#8B2E28 #548B28 #28858B #5F288B

square

#8B2E28 #548B28 #28858B #5F288B

split-complementary

#8B2E28 #288B5F #28548B

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B1E1A #8B2E28 #BB3E36 #D0645D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E28

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E28	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)

#474127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c62',
    500: '#8b2e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e28;
$custom-light: #b36c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.636,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43854,
    "c": 0.1278,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E28

secondary

#59B0B6

accent

#D6DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E28

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