#8B211B#8B211B

#8B211B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B211B
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 27)
HSL	hsl(3, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.01, 43.86, 30.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.01, 53.63, 35.13°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.1256 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.143 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3905, 6.6576, 1.7220)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B211B #1B858B

analogous

#8B1B4D #8B211B #8B591B

triadic

#8B211B #1B8B21 #211B8B

tetradic

#8B211B #4D8B1B #1B858B #591B8B

square

#8B211B #4D8B1B #1B858B #591B8B

split-complementary

#8B211B #1B8B59 #1B4D8B

monochromatic

#250907 #581511 #8B211B #BE2D25 #DB4D45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8B211B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B211B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B211B

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B211B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B211B	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)

#413A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5116

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b211b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56558',
    500: '#8b211b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b211b;
$custom-light: #b56558;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b211b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.214,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42218,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B211B

secondary

#45B6BC

accent

#E1EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B211B

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

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