#8B211A#8B211A

#8B211A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B211A
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 43.83, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 53.93, 35.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1253 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.143 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3791, 6.6530, 1.6621)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B211A #1A848B

analogous

#8B1A4B #8B211A #8B5A1A

triadic

#8B211A #1A8B21 #211A8B

tetradic

#8B211A #4B8B1A #1A848B #5A1A8B

square

#8B211A #4B8B1A #1A848B #5A1A8B

split-complementary

#8B211A #1A8B5A #1A4B8B

monochromatic

#240907 #571510 #8B211A #BF2D24 #DC4D43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8B211A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B211A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B211A

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B211A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B211A	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b211a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56557',
    500: '#8b211a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b211a;
$custom-light: #b56557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b211a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.717,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42206,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B211A

secondary

#44B6BD

accent

#E0EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B211A

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

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