#8B231D#8B231D

#8B231D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.140 H 28.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B231D
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 29)
HSL	hsl(3, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.30, 43.20, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.30, 52.58, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.44% 0.124 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(42.44% 0.14 28.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4716, 6.7815, 1.8671)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B231D #1D858B

analogous

#8B1D4E #8B231D #8B5A1D

triadic

#8B231D #1D8B23 #231D8B

tetradic

#8B231D #4E8B1D #1D858B #5A1D8B

square

#8B231D #4E8B1D #1D858B #5A1D8B

split-complementary

#8B231D #1D8B5A #1D4E8B

monochromatic

#260908 #581612 #8B231D #BE3028 #D95149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B231D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B231D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B231D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B231D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B231D	1.00	8.91	2.36	8.91
#FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b231d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.140 28.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56659',
    500: '#8b231d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b231d;
$custom-light: #b56659;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b231d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42441,
    "c": 0.14049,
    "h": 28.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B231D

secondary

#49B5BB

accent

#DFE83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B231D

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

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