#8B2019#8B2019

#8B2019 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2019
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 25)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 44.15, 31.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 54.45, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.1261 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.144 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3408, 6.5940, 1.5951)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2019 #19848B

analogous

#8B194B #8B2019 #8B5919

triadic

#8B2019 #198B20 #20198B

tetradic

#8B2019 #4B8B19 #19848B #59198B

square

#8B2019 #4B8B19 #19848B #59198B

split-complementary

#8B2019 #198B59 #194B8B

monochromatic

#230806 #571410 #8B2019 #BF2C22 #DD4B41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8B2019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B2019 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2019

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2019	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5114

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56557',
    500: '#8b2019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2019;
$custom-light: #b56557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.684,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42099,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2019

secondary

#42B6BE

accent

#E1EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2019

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

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