#8B2F27#8B2F27

#8B2F27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F27
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 39)
HSL	hsl(5, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.29, 38.61, 26.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.29, 46.65, 34.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.97% 0.1117 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(43.97% 0.127 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0314, 7.6702, 2.7660)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F27 #27838B

analogous

#8B2751 #8B2F27 #8B6127

triadic

#8B2F27 #278B2F #2F278B

tetradic

#8B2F27 #518B27 #27838B #61278B

square

#8B2F27 #518B27 #27838B #61278B

split-complementary

#8B2F27 #278B61 #27518B

monochromatic

#2B0F0C #5B1F1A #8B2F27 #BB3F34 #D1655B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#8B2F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F27

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F27	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c61',
    500: '#8b2f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f27;
$custom-light: #b46c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43966,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F27

secondary

#58AFB6

accent

#D3DF48

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F27

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