#8B211E#8B211E

#8B211E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B211E
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.05, 43.98, 29.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.05, 52.74, 33.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.25% 0.1266 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(42.25% 0.142 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.4270, 6.6722, 1.9142)
Luminance	0.0667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B211E #1E888B

analogous

#8B1E52 #8B211E #8B571E

triadic

#8B211E #1E8B21 #211E8B

tetradic

#8B211E #528B1E #1E888B #571E8B

square

#8B211E #528B1E #1E888B #571E8B

split-complementary

#8B211E #1E8B57 #1E528B

monochromatic

#260908 #591513 #8B211E #BD2D29 #D84F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#8B211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B211E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B211E	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)

#413A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655a',
    500: '#8b211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b211e;
$custom-light: #b5655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.651,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42254,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.0667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B211E

secondary

#4AB8BB

accent

#E3E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B211E

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

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