#8B2E2C#8B2E2C

#8B2E2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.127 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E2C
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 44)
HSL	hsl(1, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(1, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 39.35, 22.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 45.57, 30.28°)
OKLab	oklab(43.92% 0.1151 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(43.92% 0.127 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0803, 7.6265, 3.2183)
Luminance	0.0762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E2C #2C898B

analogous

#8B2C59 #8B2E2C #8B5D2C

triadic

#8B2E2C #2C8B2E #2E2C8B

tetradic

#8B2E2C #598B2C #2C898B #5D2C8B

square

#8B2E2C #598B2C #2C898B #5D2C8B

split-complementary

#8B2E2C #2C8B5D #2C598B

monochromatic

#2E0F0F #5D1F1D #8B2E2C #B93D3B #CE6664

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B2E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E2C

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E2C	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47412B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.127 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c65',
    500: '#8b2e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e2c;
$custom-light: #b36c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.263,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4392,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E2C

secondary

#5FB2B4

accent

#D8DB4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E2C

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

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