#8B2F2B#8B2F2B

#8B2F2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.126 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F2B
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 43)
HSL	hsl(3, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.35, 38.84, 23.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.35, 45.54, 31.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.03% 0.1133 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(44.03% 0.126 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.1013, 7.6981, 3.1337)
Luminance	0.0770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F2B #2B878B

analogous

#8B2B57 #8B2F2B #8B5F2B

triadic

#8B2F2B #2B8B2F #2F2B8B

tetradic

#8B2F2B #578B2B #2B878B #5F2B8B

square

#8B2F2B #578B2B #2B878B #5F2B8B

split-complementary

#8B2F2B #2B8B5F #2B578B

monochromatic

#2E0F0E #5C1F1D #8B2F2B #BA3F39 #CE6662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.27

#8B2F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#8B2F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F2B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F2B	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)

#48422A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99192F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.126 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36c64',
    500: '#8b2f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f2b;
$custom-light: #b36c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.5,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4403,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F2B

secondary

#5DB1B5

accent

#D6DC4C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F2B

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

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