#8B2318#8B2318

#8B2318 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2318
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 43.02, 32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 54.10, 37.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.1224 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.141 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.4147, 6.7588, 1.5675)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2318 #18808B

analogous

#8B1847 #8B2318 #8B5D18

triadic

#8B2318 #188B23 #23188B

tetradic

#8B2318 #478B18 #18808B #5D188B

square

#8B2318 #478B18 #18808B #5D188B

split-complementary

#8B2318 #188B5D #18478B

monochromatic

#230906 #57160F #8B2318 #BF3021 #DE4F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B2318 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2318 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2318

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2318	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2318	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)

#423B16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2318;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56656',
    500: '#8b2318',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2318;
$custom-light: #b56656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2318",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.739,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42385,
    "c": 0.14127,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2318

secondary

#40B2BE

accent

#DCED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2318

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

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