#8B2020#8B2020

#8B2020 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2020
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 32)
HSL	hsl(0, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.94, 44.42, 27.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.94, 52.39, 32.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1285 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.143 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4260, 6.6281, 2.0439)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2020 #208B8B

analogous

#8B2055 #8B2020 #8B5520

triadic

#8B2020 #208B20 #20208B

tetradic

#8B2020 #558B20 #208B8B #55208B

square

#8B2020 #558B20 #208B8B #55208B

split-complementary

#8B2020 #208B55 #20558B

monochromatic

#280909 #591515 #8B2020 #BD2B2B #D64F4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8B2020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2020

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2020	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655c',
    500: '#8b2020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2020;
$custom-light: #b5655c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42184,
    "c": 0.14273,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2020

secondary

#4DBABA

accent

#E6E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2020

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

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