#8B2117#8B2117

#8B2117 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2117
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 23)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.97, 43.73, 33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.97, 54.84, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1244 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.143 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3473, 6.6403, 1.4947)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2117 #17818B

analogous

#8B1747 #8B2117 #8B5B17

triadic

#8B2117 #178B21 #21178B

tetradic

#8B2117 #478B17 #17818B #5B178B

square

#8B2117 #478B17 #17818B #5B178B

split-complementary

#8B2117 #178B5B #17478B

monochromatic

#220806 #56150E #8B2117 #C02D20 #DF4B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8B2117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2117 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2117

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2117	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)

#413A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5112

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56555',
    500: '#8b2117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2117;
$custom-light: #b56555;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.172,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42174,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2117

secondary

#3FB4BF

accent

#DFEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2117

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

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