#8B3029#8B3029

#8B3029 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.125 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3029
RGB	rgb(139, 48, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(4, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.5%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.49, 38.26, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.49, 45.81, 33.37°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% 0.1111 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.125 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.1059, 7.7647, 2.9587)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3029 #29848B

analogous

#8B2953 #8B3029 #8B6129

triadic

#8B3029 #298B30 #30298B

tetradic

#8B3029 #538B29 #29848B #61298B

square

#8B3029 #538B29 #29848B #61298B

split-complementary

#8B3029 #298B61 #29538B

monochromatic

#2C0F0D #5C201B #8B3029 #BA4037 #D0675F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#8B3029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#8B3029 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3029

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3029	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991A2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 48, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.125 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36d63',
    500: '#8b3029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3029;
$custom-light: #b36d63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44127,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3029

secondary

#5BAFB5

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3029

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

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