#8B2E3E#8B2E3E

#8B2E3E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.126 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E3E
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 62)
HSL	hsl(350, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(350, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 55.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.55, 40.67, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.55, 42.39, 16.35°)
OKLab	oklab(44.3% 0.1226 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(44.3% 0.126 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.4950, 7.7924, 5.4026)
Luminance	0.0779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E3E #2E8B7B

analogous

#8B2E6D #8B2E3E #8B4D2E

triadic

#8B2E3E #3E8B2E #2E3E8B

tetradic

#8B2E3E #6D8B2E #2E8B7B #4D2E8B

square

#8B2E3E #6D8B2E #2E8B7B #4D2E8B

split-complementary

#8B2E3E #2E8B4D #2E6D8B

monochromatic

#2F1015 #5D1F29 #8B2E3E #B93D53 #CD6778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8B2E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B2E3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E3E

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E3E	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#44433E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C563C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#981D34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.126 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b26c73',
    500: '#8b2e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e3e;
$custom-light: #b26c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.677,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.443,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E3E

secondary

#61B3A5

accent

#DAC24E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEC

border

#D0C7C7

text

#120708

muted

#817A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E3E

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

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