#8B2118#8B2118

#8B2118 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2118
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.98, 43.76, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.98, 54.54, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.1247 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.143 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3575, 6.6444, 1.5485)
Luminance	0.0664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2118 #18828B

analogous

#8B1848 #8B2118 #8B5B18

triadic

#8B2118 #188B21 #21188B

tetradic

#8B2118 #488B18 #18828B #5B188B

square

#8B2118 #488B18 #18828B #5B188B

split-complementary

#8B2118 #188B5B #18488B

monochromatic

#230806 #57150F #8B2118 #BF2D21 #DE4C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.02

#8B2118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B2118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2118

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2118	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)

#413A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56556',
    500: '#8b2118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2118;
$custom-light: #b56556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.696,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42185,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2118

secondary

#40B4BE

accent

#DFED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2118

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

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