#8B2E2E#8B2E2E

#8B2E2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E2E
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 46)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 39.48, 21.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 45.08, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.96% 0.116 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(43.96% 0.127 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.1188, 7.6419, 3.4211)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E2E #2E8B8B

analogous

#8B2E5D #8B2E2E #8B5D2E

triadic

#8B2E2E #2E8B2E #2E2E8B

tetradic

#8B2E2E #5D8B2E #2E8B8B #5D2E8B

square

#8B2E2E #5D8B2E #2E8B8B #5D2E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E2E #2E8B5D #2E5D8B

monochromatic

#2F1010 #5D1F1F #8B2E2E #B93D3D #CD6767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8B2E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E2E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E2E	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c66',
    500: '#8b2e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e2e;
$custom-light: #b36c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43956,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E2E

secondary

#61B3B3

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E2E

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

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