#8B201A#8B201A

#8B201A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201A
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 26)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.87, 44.19, 31.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.87, 54.15, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1264 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.144 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3518, 6.5984, 1.6530)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201A #1A858B

analogous

#8B1A4C #8B201A #8B591A

triadic

#8B201A #1A8B20 #201A8B

tetradic

#8B201A #4C8B1A #1A858B #591A8B

square

#8B201A #4C8B1A #1A858B #591A8B

split-complementary

#8B201A #1A8B59 #1A4C8B

monochromatic

#240807 #571410 #8B201A #BF2C24 #DC4C43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8B201A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201A

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201A	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56557',
    500: '#8b201a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201a;
$custom-light: #b56557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.186,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4211,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201A

secondary

#44B7BD

accent

#E2EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201A

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

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