#8B3129#8B3129

#8B3129 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.124 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3129
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 41)
HSL	hsl(5, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(5, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 37.79, 25.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 45.54, 33.91°)
OKLab	oklab(44.26% 0.1096 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(44.26% 0.124 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.1473, 7.8474, 2.9724)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3129 #29838B

analogous

#8B2952 #8B3129 #8B6229

triadic

#8B3129 #298B31 #31298B

tetradic

#8B3129 #528B29 #29838B #62298B

square

#8B3129 #528B29 #29838B #62298B

split-complementary

#8B3129 #298B62 #29528B

monochromatic

#2C100D #5C201B #8B3129 #BA4237 #D0685F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#8B3129 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#8B3129 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3129

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3129	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3129	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494328

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991C30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3129;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.124 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36e63',
    500: '#8b3129',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3129;
$custom-light: #b36e63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3129",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.898,
    "s": 54.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44259,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3129

secondary

#5BAEB5

accent

#D2DE4A

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECEA

border

#D0C7C6

text

#120705

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3129

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

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