#8B2417#8B2417

#8B2417 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.141 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2417
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.38, 42.60, 33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.38, 54.19, 38.18°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.1209 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.141 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4344, 6.8144, 1.5237)
Luminance	0.0681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2417 #177E8B

analogous

#8B1744 #8B2417 #8B5E17

triadic

#8B2417 #178B24 #24178B

tetradic

#8B2417 #448B17 #177E8B #5E178B

square

#8B2417 #448B17 #177E8B #5E178B

split-complementary

#8B2417 #178B5E #17448B

monochromatic

#220906 #56160E #8B2417 #C03220 #DF503D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B2417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2417 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2417

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2417	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)

#433B14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.141 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56655',
    500: '#8b2417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2417;
$custom-light: #b56655;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.724,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42478,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2417

secondary

#3FB0BF

accent

#DAEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2417

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

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