#8B211D#8B211D

#8B211D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.142 H 27.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B211D
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 43.94, 29.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 53.04, 34.06°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.1263 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.142 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4144, 6.6672, 1.8480)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B211D #1D878B

analogous

#8B1D50 #8B211D #8B581D

triadic

#8B211D #1D8B21 #211D8B

tetradic

#8B211D #508B1D #1D878B #581D8B

square

#8B211D #508B1D #1D878B #581D8B

split-complementary

#8B211D #1D8B58 #1D508B

monochromatic

#260908 #581512 #8B211D #BE2D28 #D94F49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8B211D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B211D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B211D

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B211D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B211D	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)

#413A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b211d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.142 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56559',
    500: '#8b211d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b211d;
$custom-light: #b56559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b211d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.182,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42241,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B211D

secondary

#49B7BB

accent

#E2E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B211D

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

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