#8B2319#8B2319

#8B2319 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2319
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 25)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.26, 43.05, 32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.26, 53.80, 36.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.4% 0.1227 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(42.4% 0.141 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4253, 6.7630, 1.6233)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2319 #19818B

analogous

#8B1948 #8B2319 #8B5C19

triadic

#8B2319 #198B23 #23198B

tetradic

#8B2319 #488B19 #19818B #5C198B

square

#8B2319 #488B19 #19818B #5C198B

split-complementary

#8B2319 #198B5C #19488B

monochromatic

#230906 #571610 #8B2319 #BF3022 #DD4F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#8B2319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B2319 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2319

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2319	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)

#423B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56657',
    500: '#8b2319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2319;
$custom-light: #b56657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.263,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42395,
    "c": 0.14111,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2319

secondary

#42B3BE

accent

#DDEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2319

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

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