#8B2E2A#8B2E2A

#8B2E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.127 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E2A
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 42)
HSL	hsl(2, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(2, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.16, 39.24, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.16, 46.09, 31.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.89% 0.1143 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(43.89% 0.127 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.0436, 7.6118, 3.0251)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E2A #2A878B

analogous

#8B2A56 #8B2E2A #8B5E2A

triadic

#8B2E2A #2A8B2E #2E2A8B

tetradic

#8B2E2A #568B2A #2A878B #5E2A8B

square

#8B2E2A #568B2A #2A878B #5E2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2E2A #2A8B5E #2A568B

monochromatic

#2D0F0E #5C1E1C #8B2E2A #BA3E38 #CF6560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#8B2E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E2A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E2A	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)

#474129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.127 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8b2e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e2a;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.474,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43887,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E2A

secondary

#5CB1B5

accent

#D7DD4B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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