#8B2F23#8B2F23

#8B2F23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.128 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F23
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(7, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.23, 38.40, 28.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.23, 47.84, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(43.91% 0.1102 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(43.91% 0.128 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9686, 7.6451, 2.4352)
Luminance	0.0764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F23 #237F8B

analogous

#8B234B #8B2F23 #8B6323

triadic

#8B2F23 #238B2F #2F238B

tetradic

#8B2F23 #4B8B23 #237F8B #63238B

square

#8B2F23 #4B8B23 #237F8B #63238B

split-complementary

#8B2F23 #238B63 #234B8B

monochromatic

#290E0A #5A1E17 #8B2F23 #BC402F #D46354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8B2F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F23

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F23	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99172D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.128 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c5e',
    500: '#8b2f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f23;
$custom-light: #b46c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43909,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F23

secondary

#52ACB8

accent

#D1E345

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F23

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