#8B2024#8B2024

#8B2024 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2024
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 36)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 44.60, 25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 51.31, 29.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.13 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.142 24)
XYZ	xyz(11.4837, 6.6511, 2.3478)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2024 #208B87

analogous

#8B2059 #8B2024 #8B5120

triadic

#8B2024 #248B20 #20248B

tetradic

#8B2024 #598B20 #208B87 #51208B

square

#8B2024 #598B20 #208B87 #51208B

split-complementary

#8B2024 #208B51 #20598B

monochromatic

#28090A #591517 #8B2024 #BD2B31 #D64F54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8B2024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2024 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2024

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2024	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655f',
    500: '#8b2024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2024;
$custom-light: #b4655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.757,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42242,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2024

secondary

#4DBAB5

accent

#E6E042

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2024

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

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