#8B2E2B#8B2E2B

#8B2E2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.127 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E2B
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 43)
HSL	hsl(2, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(2, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.18, 39.29, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.18, 45.83, 30.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.1147 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.127 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0617, 7.6191, 3.1205)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E2B #2B888B

analogous

#8B2B58 #8B2E2B #8B5E2B

triadic

#8B2E2B #2B8B2E #2E2B8B

tetradic

#8B2E2B #588B2B #2B888B #5E2B8B

square

#8B2E2B #588B2B #2B888B #5E2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2E2B #2B8B5E #2B588B

monochromatic

#2E0F0E #5C1F1D #8B2E2B #BA3D39 #CE6562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B2E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E2B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E2B	1.00	8.32	2.52	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47412A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.127 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c64',
    500: '#8b2e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e2b;
$custom-light: #b36c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43903,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E2B

secondary

#5DB2B5

accent

#D8DC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E2B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →