#8B2414#8B2414

#8B2414 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.141 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2414
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 20)
HSL	hsl(8, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(8, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.35, 42.51, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.35, 55.12, 39.53°)
OKLab	oklab(42.45% 0.12 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(42.45% 0.141 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4060, 6.8030, 1.3742)
Luminance	0.0680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2414 #147B8B

analogous

#8B143F #8B2414 #8B5F14

triadic

#8B2414 #148B24 #24148B

tetradic

#8B2414 #3F8B14 #147B8B #5F148B

square

#8B2414 #3F8B14 #147B8B #5F148B

split-complementary

#8B2414 #148B5F #143F8B

monochromatic

#200805 #55160C #8B2414 #C1321C #E24E37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.90

#8B2414 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2414 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2414

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2414	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2414	1.00	8.90	2.36	8.90
#FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2414;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.141 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56653',
    500: '#8b2414',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2414;
$custom-light: #b56653;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2414",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.067,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4245,
    "c": 0.14103,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2414

secondary

#3CADBF

accent

#D8F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2414

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

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