#8B2F2F#8B2F2F

#8B2F2F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.126 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F2F
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 47)
HSL	hsl(0, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(0, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 66.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 39.09, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 44.54, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(44.1% 0.1149 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(44.1% 0.126 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1783, 7.7289, 3.5393)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F2F #2F8B8B

analogous

#8B2F5D #8B2F2F #8B5D2F

triadic

#8B2F2F #2F8B2F #2F2F8B

tetradic

#8B2F2F #5D8B2F #2F8B8B #5D2F8B

square

#8B2F2F #5D8B2F #2F8B8B #5D2F8B

split-complementary

#8B2F2F #2F8B5D #2F5D8B

monochromatic

#301010 #5D2020 #8B2F2F #B93E3E #CC6868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#8B2F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B2F2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F2F

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F2F	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47422E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E562C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991A30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.126 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d67',
    500: '#8b2f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f2f;
$custom-light: #b36d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 49.462,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44101,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F2F

secondary

#63B3B3

accent

#D9D94F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6ECEB

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120706

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F2F

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

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