#8B2120#8B2120

#8B2120 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2120
RGB	rgb(139, 33, 32)
HSL	hsl(1, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(1, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.3%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.07, 44.06, 27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.07, 52.17, 32.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.28% 0.1274 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(42.28% 0.142 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4534, 6.6827, 2.0530)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2120 #208A8B

analogous

#8B2054 #8B2120 #8B5620

triadic

#8B2120 #208B21 #21208B

tetradic

#8B2120 #548B20 #208A8B #56208B

square

#8B2120 #548B20 #208A8B #56208B

split-complementary

#8B2120 #208B56 #20548B

monochromatic

#280909 #591515 #8B2120 #BD2D2B #D6504F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B2120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2120 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2120

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2120	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 33, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5655c',
    500: '#8b2120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2120;
$custom-light: #b5655c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.561,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4228,
    "c": 0.14184,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2120

secondary

#4DB9BA

accent

#E4E642

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2120

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

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