#8B2016#8B2016

#8B2016 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2016
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.84, 44.06, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.84, 55.36, 37.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1252 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.144 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3102, 6.5817, 1.4338)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2016 #16818B

analogous

#8B1647 #8B2016 #8B5B16

triadic

#8B2016 #168B20 #20168B

tetradic

#8B2016 #478B16 #16818B #5B168B

square

#8B2016 #478B16 #16818B #5B168B

split-complementary

#8B2016 #168B5B #16478B

monochromatic

#210805 #56140E #8B2016 #C02C1E #E0493B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8B2016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B2016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2016

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2016	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66555',
    500: '#8b2016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2016;
$custom-light: #b66555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.128,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42068,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2016

secondary

#3EB4BF

accent

#E0EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2016

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

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