#8B2217#8B2217

#8B2217 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2217
RGB	rgb(139, 34, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 43.36, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 54.63, 37.47°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1232 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.142 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.3755, 6.6967, 1.5041)
Luminance	0.0669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2217 #17808B

analogous

#8B1746 #8B2217 #8B5C17

triadic

#8B2217 #178B22 #22178B

tetradic

#8B2217 #468B17 #17808B #5C178B

square

#8B2217 #468B17 #17808B #5C178B

split-complementary

#8B2217 #178B5C #17468B

monochromatic

#220806 #56150E #8B2217 #C02F20 #DF4D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#8B2217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B2217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2217

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2217	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 34, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2217;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.69,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42273,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2217

secondary

#3FB2BF

accent

#DDEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2217

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

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