#8B2314#8B2314

#8B2314 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.142 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2314
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.22, 42.89, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.22, 55.33, 39.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% 0.1212 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.142 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3761, 6.7433, 1.3643)
Luminance	0.0674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2314 #147C8B

analogous

#8B1440 #8B2314 #8B5E14

triadic

#8B2314 #148B23 #23148B

tetradic

#8B2314 #408B14 #147C8B #5E148B

square

#8B2314 #408B14 #147C8B #5E148B

split-complementary

#8B2314 #148B5E #14408B

monochromatic

#200805 #55160C #8B2314 #C1301C #E24D37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8B2314 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2314 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2314

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2314	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2314	1.00	8.94	2.35	8.94
#FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2314;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.142 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66653',
    500: '#8b2314',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2314;
$custom-light: #b66653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2314",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.563,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42346,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2314

secondary

#3CAFBF

accent

#DAF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2314

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

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