#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
RGBrgb(139, 32, 29)
HSLhsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSVhsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(30.91, 44.30, 29.56)
CIE-LCHlch(30.91, 53.26, 33.72°)
OKLaboklab(42.15% 0.1274 0.0652)
OKLCHoklch(42.15% 0.143 27.1)
XYZxyz(11.3871, 6.6125, 1.8389)
Luminance0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##8B201D1.009.042.329.04
#FFFFFF9.041.0021.001.00
#0000002.3221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.041.0021.001.00

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

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#8B201D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva