#8B201D#8B201D

#8B201D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.143 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201D
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 44.30, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 53.26, 33.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1274 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.143 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3871, 6.6125, 1.8389)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201D #1D888B

analogous

#8B1D51 #8B201D #8B571D

triadic

#8B201D #1D8B20 #201D8B

tetradic

#8B201D #518B1D #1D888B #571D8B

square

#8B201D #518B1D #1D888B #571D8B

split-complementary

#8B201D #1D8B57 #1D518B

monochromatic

#260908 #581412 #8B201D #BE2C28 #D94D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8B201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201D

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201D	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.143 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56559',
    500: '#8b201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201d;
$custom-light: #b56559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42145,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201D

secondary

#49B8BB

accent

#E4E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201D

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

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