#8B201C#8B201C

#8B201C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.143 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201C
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 28)
HSL	hsl(2, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.90, 44.26, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.90, 53.55, 34.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1271 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.143 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3749, 6.6076, 1.7748)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201C #1C878B

analogous

#8B1C50 #8B201C #8B571C

triadic

#8B201C #1C8B20 #201C8B

tetradic

#8B201C #508B1C #1C878B #571C8B

square

#8B201C #508B1C #1C878B #571C8B

split-complementary

#8B201C #1C8B57 #1C508B

monochromatic

#250907 #581412 #8B201C #BE2C26 #DA4D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8B201C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201C

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201C	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)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5117

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.143 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56559',
    500: '#8b201c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201c;
$custom-light: #b56559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.162,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42133,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201C

secondary

#47B8BC

accent

#E3E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201C

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

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