#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
RGBrgb(139, 35, 25)
HSLhsl(5, 70%, 32%)
HSVhsv(5, 82%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.8%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.26, 43.05, 32.26)
CIE-LCHlch(31.26, 53.80, 36.85°)
OKLaboklab(42.4% 0.1227 0.0698)
OKLCHoklch(42.4% 0.141 29.6)
XYZxyz(11.4253, 6.7630, 1.6233)
Luminance0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##8B23191.008.932.358.93
#FFFFFF8.931.0021.001.00
#0000002.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.931.0021.001.00

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

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#8B2319 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva