#8B2F25#8B2F25

#8B2F25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.127 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F25
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 37)
HSL	hsl(6, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(6, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.26, 38.51, 27.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.26, 47.24, 35.40°)
OKLab	oklab(43.94% 0.111 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(43.94% 0.127 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.9992, 7.6573, 2.5961)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F25 #25818B

analogous

#8B254E #8B2F25 #8B6225

triadic

#8B2F25 #258B2F #2F258B

tetradic

#8B2F25 #4E8B25 #25818B #62258B

square

#8B2F25 #4E8B25 #25818B #62258B

split-complementary

#8B2F25 #258B62 #254E8B

monochromatic

#2A0E0B #5B1F18 #8B2F25 #BB3F32 #D36458

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#8B2F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F25

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F25	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)

#484223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.127 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c60',
    500: '#8b2f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f25;
$custom-light: #b46c60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.882,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43937,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F25

secondary

#55ADB7

accent

#D2E147

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F25

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