#8B2116#8B2116

#8B2116 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2116
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 22)
HSL	hsl(6, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 43.70, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 55.15, 37.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1241 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.143 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.3375, 6.6364, 1.4429)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2116 #16808B

analogous

#8B1646 #8B2116 #8B5C16

triadic

#8B2116 #168B21 #21168B

tetradic

#8B2116 #468B16 #16808B #5C168B

square

#8B2116 #468B16 #16808B #5C168B

split-complementary

#8B2116 #168B5C #16468B

monochromatic

#210805 #56140E #8B2116 #C02E1E #E04B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8B2116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2116 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2116

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2116	1.00	9.02	2.33	9.02
#FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8b2116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2116;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.641,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42164,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2116

secondary

#3EB3BF

accent

#DEEF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2116

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

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