#8B2F20#8B2F20

#8B2F20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F20
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 32)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.20, 38.27, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.20, 48.78, 38.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.87% 0.1092 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(43.87% 0.128 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.9260, 7.6280, 2.2106)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F20 #207C8B

analogous

#8B2046 #8B2F20 #8B6420

triadic

#8B2F20 #208B2F #2F208B

tetradic

#8B2F20 #468B20 #207C8B #64208B

square

#8B2F20 #468B20 #207C8B #64208B

split-complementary

#8B2F20 #208B64 #20468B

monochromatic

#280D09 #591E15 #8B2F20 #BD402B #D6624F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#8B2F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F20

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F20	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)

#49411E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5c',
    500: '#8b2f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f20;
$custom-light: #b46c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.411,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43869,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F20

secondary

#4DAABA

accent

#CFE642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F20

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

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