#8B201F#8B201F

#8B201F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B201F
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 31)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 44.38, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 52.68, 32.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1281 0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.143 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4126, 6.6227, 1.9734)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B201F #1F8A8B

analogous

#8B1F54 #8B201F #8B561F

triadic

#8B201F #1F8B20 #201F8B

tetradic

#8B201F #548B1F #1F8A8B #561F8B

square

#8B201F #548B1F #1F8A8B #561F8B

split-complementary

#8B201F #1F8B56 #1F548B

monochromatic

#270909 #591414 #8B201F #BD2C2A #D74E4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8B201F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B201F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B201F

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B201F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B201F	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)

#403A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b201f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655b',
    500: '#8b201f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b201f;
$custom-light: #b5655b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b201f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42171,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B201F

secondary

#4CB9BA

accent

#E5E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B201F

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

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