#8B201B#8B201B

#8B201B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.143 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201B
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 44.22, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 53.85, 34.79°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1268 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.143 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3632, 6.6029, 1.7129)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201B #1B868B

analogous

#8B1B4E #8B201B #8B581B

triadic

#8B201B #1B8B20 #201B8B

tetradic

#8B201B #4E8B1B #1B868B #581B8B

square

#8B201B #4E8B1B #1B868B #581B8B

split-complementary

#8B201B #1B8B58 #1B4E8B

monochromatic

#250807 #581411 #8B201B #BE2C25 #DB4C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8B201B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201B

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201B	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)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.143 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56558',
    500: '#8b201b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201b;
$custom-light: #b56558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.679,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42121,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201B

secondary

#45B7BC

accent

#E3EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201B

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

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