#8B2E29#8B2E29

#8B2E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E29
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 39.18, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 46.36, 32.32°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.114 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.128 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0259, 7.6047, 2.9320)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E29 #29868B

analogous

#8B2955 #8B2E29 #8B5F29

triadic

#8B2E29 #298B2E #2E298B

tetradic

#8B2E29 #558B29 #29868B #5F298B

square

#8B2E29 #558B29 #29868B #5F298B

split-complementary

#8B2E29 #298B5F #29558B

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5C1E1B #8B2E29 #BA3E37 #D0645F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B2E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E29

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E29	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8b2e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e29;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.061,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4387,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E29

secondary

#5BB1B5

accent

#D6DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E29

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