#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
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 22)
HSL	hsl(7, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.37, 42.57, 34.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.37, 54.50, 38.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.1206 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.141 31)
XYZ	xyz(11.4245, 6.8104, 1.4719)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##8B2416	1.00	8.89	2.36	8.89
#FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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