#8B2F28#8B2F28

#8B2F28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.127 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F28
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 40)
HSL	hsl(4, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.30, 38.66, 25.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.30, 46.37, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(43.98% 0.1121 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(43.98% 0.127 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0482, 7.6769, 2.8544)
Luminance	0.0767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F28 #28848B

analogous

#8B2853 #8B2F28 #8B6028

triadic

#8B2F28 #288B2F #2F288B

tetradic

#8B2F28 #538B28 #28848B #60288B

square

#8B2F28 #538B28 #28848B #60288B

split-complementary

#8B2F28 #288B60 #28538B

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5B1F1A #8B2F28 #BB3F36 #D0655D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#8B2F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#8B2F28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F28

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F28	1.00	8.28	2.53	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99182E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.127 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c62',
    500: '#8b2f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f28;
$custom-light: #b36c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.242,
    "s": 55.307,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43982,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F28

secondary

#59AFB6

accent

#D4DF49

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F28

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