#8B231B#8B231B

#8B231B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B231B
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.28, 43.12, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.28, 53.19, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(42.42% 0.1233 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(42.42% 0.141 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4477, 6.7719, 1.7410)
Luminance	0.0677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B231B #1B838B

analogous

#8B1B4B #8B231B #8B5B1B

triadic

#8B231B #1B8B23 #231B8B

tetradic

#8B231B #4B8B1B #1B838B #5B1B8B

square

#8B231B #4B8B1B #1B838B #5B1B8B

split-complementary

#8B231B #1B8B5B #1B4B8B

monochromatic

#250907 #581611 #8B231B #BE3025 #DB5045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.92

#8B231B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B231B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B231B

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B231B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B231B	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)

#423B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5216

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b231b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56658',
    500: '#8b231b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b231b;
$custom-light: #b56658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b231b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42417,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B231B

secondary

#45B4BC

accent

#DEEA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B231B

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

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