#8B231A#8B231A

#8B231A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B231A
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 26)
HSL	hsl(5, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.27, 43.09, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.27, 53.49, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.123 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.141 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4363, 6.7674, 1.6811)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B231A #1A828B

analogous

#8B1A49 #8B231A #8B5C1A

triadic

#8B231A #1A8B23 #231A8B

tetradic

#8B231A #498B1A #1A828B #5C1A8B

square

#8B231A #498B1A #1A828B #5C1A8B

split-complementary

#8B231A #1A8B5C #1A498B

monochromatic

#240907 #571610 #8B231A #BF3024 #DC5043

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8B231A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B231A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B231A

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B231A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B231A	1.00	8.92	2.35	8.92
#FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b231a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56657',
    500: '#8b231a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b231a;
$custom-light: #b56657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b231a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.779,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42406,
    "c": 0.14095,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B231A

secondary

#44B3BD

accent

#DDEB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B231A

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

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