#8B211C#8B211C

#8B211C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B211C
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.03, 43.90, 30.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.03, 53.33, 34.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.126 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.142 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4023, 6.6623, 1.7840)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B211C #1C868B

analogous

#8B1C4E #8B211C #8B591C

triadic

#8B211C #1C8B21 #211C8B

tetradic

#8B211C #4E8B1C #1C868B #591C8B

square

#8B211C #4E8B1C #1C868B #591C8B

split-complementary

#8B211C #1C8B59 #1C4E8B

monochromatic

#250907 #581512 #8B211C #BE2D26 #DA4E47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8B211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B211C

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B211C	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56559',
    500: '#8b211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b211c;
$custom-light: #b56559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42229,
    "c": 0.14241,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B211C

secondary

#47B7BC

accent

#E2E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B211C

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

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