#8B2419#8B2419

#8B2419 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2419
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.40, 42.67, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.40, 53.58, 37.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.5% 0.1215 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(42.5% 0.14 30)
XYZ	xyz(11.4552, 6.8227, 1.6333)
Luminance	0.0682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2419 #19808B

analogous

#8B1947 #8B2419 #8B5D19

triadic

#8B2419 #198B24 #24198B

tetradic

#8B2419 #478B19 #19808B #5D198B

square

#8B2419 #478B19 #19808B #5D198B

split-complementary

#8B2419 #198B5D #19478B

monochromatic

#230906 #571710 #8B2419 #BF3122 #DD5041

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B2419 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.36

#8B2419 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2419

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2419	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2419	1.00	8.88	2.36	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2419;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56757',
    500: '#8b2419',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2419;
$custom-light: #b56757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2419",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.789,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42499,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.06821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2419

secondary

#42B2BE

accent

#DBEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2419

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

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