#8B2416#8B2416

#8B2416 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 31.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2416
RGBrgb(139, 36, 22)
HSLhsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(7, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 74.1%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.37, 42.57, 34.03)
CIE-LCHlch(31.37, 54.50, 38.64°)
OKLaboklab(42.47% 0.1206 0.0726)
OKLCHoklch(42.47% 0.141 31)
XYZxyz(11.4245, 6.8104, 1.4719)
Luminance0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2416 #167D8B
analogous
#8B1643 #8B2416 #8B5F16
triadic
#8B2416 #168B24 #24168B
tetradic
#8B2416 #438B16 #167D8B #5F168B
square
#8B2416 #438B16 #167D8B #5F168B
split-complementary
#8B2416 #168B5F #16438B
monochromatic
#210905 #56160E #8B2416 #C0321E #E04F3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89
#8B2416 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36
#8B2416 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2416
8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2416#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B24161.008.892.368.89
#FFFFFF8.891.0021.001.00
#0000002.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#433B13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C5211
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0022
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 31.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2416;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.179,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42468,
    "c": 0.14072,
    "h": 31
  },
  "luminance": 0.06809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2416
secondary
#3EAFBF
accent
#D9EF38
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE8
border
#D1C6C4
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2416

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#8B2416 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva