#8B231E#8B231E

#8B231E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B231E
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.32, 43.24, 29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.32, 52.29, 34.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.1243 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.14 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4842, 6.7865, 1.9333)
Luminance	0.0678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B231E #1E868B

analogous

#8B1E4F #8B231E #8B591E

triadic

#8B231E #1E8B23 #231E8B

tetradic

#8B231E #4F8B1E #1E868B #591E8B

square

#8B231E #4F8B1E #1E868B #591E8B

split-complementary

#8B231E #1E8B59 #1E4F8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #591613 #8B231E #BD3029 #D8524B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B231E

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B231E	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)

#423B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665a',
    500: '#8b231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b231e;
$custom-light: #b5665a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.752,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42453,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B231E

secondary

#4AB5BB

accent

#E0E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B231E

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

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