#8B2114#8B2114

#8B2114 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2114
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 20)
HSL	hsl(7, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(7, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 43.64, 34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 55.76, 38.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1235 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.144 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3190, 6.6290, 1.3452)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2114 #147E8B

analogous

#8B1442 #8B2114 #8B5C14

triadic

#8B2114 #148B21 #21148B

tetradic

#8B2114 #428B14 #147E8B #5C148B

square

#8B2114 #428B14 #147E8B #5C148B

split-complementary

#8B2114 #148B5C #14428B

monochromatic

#200805 #55140C #8B2114 #C12E1C #E24A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8B2114 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2114 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2114

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2114	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2114	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)

#423A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C510E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2114;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66553',
    500: '#8b2114',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2114;
$custom-light: #b66553;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2114",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.555,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42146,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2114

secondary

#3CB1BF

accent

#DDF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2114

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

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