#8B2317#8B2317

#8B2317 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2317
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 23)
HSL	hsl(6, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.24, 42.98, 33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.24, 54.41, 37.82°)
OKLab	oklab(42.37% 0.122 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(42.37% 0.141 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4045, 6.7547, 1.5137)
Luminance	0.0675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2317 #177F8B

analogous

#8B1745 #8B2317 #8B5D17

triadic

#8B2317 #178B23 #23178B

tetradic

#8B2317 #458B17 #177F8B #5D178B

square

#8B2317 #458B17 #177F8B #5D178B

split-complementary

#8B2317 #178B5D #17458B

monochromatic

#220906 #56160E #8B2317 #C03020 #DF4E3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B2317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2317 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2317

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2317	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2317;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42374,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2317

secondary

#3FB1BF

accent

#DCEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2317

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

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