#8B231F#8B231F

#8B231F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B231F
RGB	rgb(139, 35, 31)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.8%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.33, 43.28, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.33, 51.99, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1247 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.14 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4971, 6.7917, 2.0016)
Luminance	0.0679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B231F #1F878B

analogous

#8B1F51 #8B231F #8B591F

triadic

#8B231F #1F8B23 #231F8B

tetradic

#8B231F #518B1F #1F878B #591F8B

square

#8B231F #518B1F #1F878B #591F8B

split-complementary

#8B231F #1F8B59 #1F518B

monochromatic

#270A09 #591614 #8B231F #BD302A #D7524D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.91

#8B231F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B231F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B231F

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B231F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B231F	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)

#423B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b231f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 35, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5665b',
    500: '#8b231f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b231f;
$custom-light: #b5665b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b231f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42466,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B231F

secondary

#4CB6BA

accent

#E0E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B231F

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

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