#8B2418#8B2418

#8B2418 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2418
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 24)
HSL	hsl(6, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.39, 42.63, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.39, 53.88, 37.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.49% 0.1212 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(42.49% 0.14 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4446, 6.8184, 1.5775)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2418 #187F8B

analogous

#8B1846 #8B2418 #8B5E18

triadic

#8B2418 #188B24 #24188B

tetradic

#8B2418 #468B18 #187F8B #5E188B

square

#8B2418 #468B18 #187F8B #5E188B

split-complementary

#8B2418 #188B5E #18468B

monochromatic

#230906 #57160F #8B2418 #BF3221 #DE503F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.89

#8B2418 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2418 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2418

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2418	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2418	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)

#433B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5213

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2418;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56656',
    500: '#8b2418',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2418;
$custom-light: #b56656;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2418",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42488,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2418

secondary

#40B1BE

accent

#DBED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2418

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

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