#8B2316#8B2316

#8B2316 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.142 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2316
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.23, 42.95, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.23, 54.72, 38.28°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.1218 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.142 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3947, 6.7507, 1.4619)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2316 #167E8B

analogous

#8B1644 #8B2316 #8B5E16

triadic

#8B2316 #168B23 #23168B

tetradic

#8B2316 #448B16 #167E8B #5E168B

square

#8B2316 #448B16 #167E8B #5E168B

split-complementary

#8B2316 #168B5E #16448B

monochromatic

#210805 #56160E #8B2316 #C0301E #E04E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.94

#8B2316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2316 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2316

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2316	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)

#433B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.142 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2316;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42365,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2316

secondary

#3EB0BF

accent

#DBEF38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2316

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

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