#8B2F2A#8B2F2A

#8B2F2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.126 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F2A
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.33, 38.78, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.33, 45.81, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(44.01% 0.1129 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(44.01% 0.126 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.0831, 7.6909, 3.0383)
Luminance	0.0769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F2A #2A868B

analogous

#8B2A55 #8B2F2A #8B5F2A

triadic

#8B2F2A #2A8B2F #2F2A8B

tetradic

#8B2F2A #558B2A #2A868B #5F2A8B

square

#8B2F2A #558B2A #2A868B #5F2A8B

split-complementary

#8B2F2A #2A8B5F #2A558B

monochromatic

#2D0F0E #5C1F1C #8B2F2A #BA3F38 #CF6660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B2F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B2F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F2A

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F2A	1.00	8.27	2.54	8.27
#FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99192F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.126 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c63',
    500: '#8b2f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f2a;
$custom-light: #b36c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.093,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44014,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F2A

secondary

#5CB0B5

accent

#D5DD4B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F2A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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