#8B2F22#8B2F22

#8B2F22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F22
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 34)
HSL	hsl(7, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.22, 38.36, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.22, 48.15, 37.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.1099 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.128 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.9540, 7.6392, 2.3581)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F22 #227E8B

analogous

#8B224A #8B2F22 #8B6422

triadic

#8B2F22 #228B2F #2F228B

tetradic

#8B2F22 #4A8B22 #227E8B #64228B

square

#8B2F22 #4A8B22 #227E8B #64228B

split-complementary

#8B2F22 #228B64 #224A8B

monochromatic

#290E0A #5A1E16 #8B2F22 #BC402E #D56353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#8B2F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F22

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F22	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)

#494120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F561F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5e',
    500: '#8b2f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f22;
$custom-light: #b46c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.429,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43895,
    "c": 0.12793,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F22

secondary

#50ACB8

accent

#D0E444

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F22

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