#8B201E#8B201E

#8B201E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201E
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 44.34, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 52.97, 33.16°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1278 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.143 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3997, 6.6175, 1.9051)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201E #1E898B

analogous

#8B1E52 #8B201E #8B561E

triadic

#8B201E #1E8B20 #201E8B

tetradic

#8B201E #528B1E #1E898B #561E8B

square

#8B201E #528B1E #1E898B #561E8B

split-complementary

#8B201E #1E8B56 #1E528B

monochromatic

#260908 #591413 #8B201E #BD2C29 #D84E4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8B201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201E	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)

#403A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655a',
    500: '#8b201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201e;
$custom-light: #b5655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.101,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42158,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201E

secondary

#4AB9BB

accent

#E4E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201E

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

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