#8B241C#8B241C

#8B241C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B241C
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.43, 42.78, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.43, 52.66, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.53% 0.1224 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(42.53% 0.14 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4893, 6.8363, 1.8130)
Luminance	0.0683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B241C #1C838B

analogous

#8B1C4C #8B241C #8B5B1C

triadic

#8B241C #1C8B24 #241C8B

tetradic

#8B241C #4C8B1C #1C838B #5B1C8B

square

#8B241C #4C8B1C #1C838B #5B1C8B

split-complementary

#8B241C #1C8B5B #1C4C8B

monochromatic

#250A07 #581712 #8B241C #BE3126 #DA5247

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B241C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B241C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B241C

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B241C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B241C	1.00	8.87	2.37	8.87
#FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b241c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56759',
    500: '#8b241c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b241c;
$custom-light: #b56759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b241c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.324,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42532,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B241C

secondary

#47B3BC

accent

#DDE93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B241C

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

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