#8B241B#8B241B

#8B241B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B241B
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(5, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.42, 42.74, 31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.42, 52.96, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(42.52% 0.1221 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(42.52% 0.14 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4775, 6.8316, 1.7510)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B241B #1B828B

analogous

#8B1B4A #8B241B #8B5C1B

triadic

#8B241B #1B8B24 #241B8B

tetradic

#8B241B #4A8B1B #1B828B #5C1B8B

square

#8B241B #4A8B1B #1B828B #5C1B8B

split-complementary

#8B241B #1B8B5C #1B4A8B

monochromatic

#250907 #581711 #8B241B #BE3125 #DB5145

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.88

#8B241B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B241B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B241B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B241B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B241B	1.00	8.88	2.37	8.88
#FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b241b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56758',
    500: '#8b241b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b241b;
$custom-light: #b56758;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b241b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.821,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42521,
    "c": 0.1399,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B241B

secondary

#45B3BC

accent

#DCEA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B241B

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

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