#8B202A#8B202A

#8B202A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B202A
RGB	rgb(139, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(354, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(354, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.09, 44.91, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.09, 49.86, 25.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.34% 0.1323 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(42.34% 0.142 21)
XYZ	xyz(11.5832, 6.6909, 2.8716)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B202A #208B81

analogous

#8B205F #8B202A #8B4B20

triadic

#8B202A #2A8B20 #202A8B

tetradic

#8B202A #5F8B20 #208B81 #4B208B

square

#8B202A #5F8B20 #208B81 #4B208B

split-complementary

#8B202A #208B4B #205F8B

monochromatic

#28090C #59151B #8B202A #BD2B39 #D64F5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B202A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B202A	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46563',
    500: '#8b202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b202a;
$custom-light: #b46563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42342,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.06689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B202A

secondary

#4DBAAF

accent

#E6D642

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B202A

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

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