#8B241D#8B241D

#8B241D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.140 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B241D
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.44, 42.82, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.44, 52.36, 35.14°)
OKLab	oklab(42.54% 0.1228 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(42.54% 0.14 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5014, 6.8412, 1.8770)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B241D #1D848B

analogous

#8B1D4D #8B241D #8B5B1D

triadic

#8B241D #1D8B24 #241D8B

tetradic

#8B241D #4D8B1D #1D848B #5B1D8B

square

#8B241D #4D8B1D #1D848B #5B1D8B

split-complementary

#8B241D #1D8B5B #1D4D8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #581712 #8B241D #BE3128 #D95249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B241D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B241D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B241D

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B241D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B241D	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)

#433C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b241d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.140 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675a',
    500: '#8b241d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b241d;
$custom-light: #b5675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b241d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.818,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42544,
    "c": 0.13958,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B241D

secondary

#49B4BB

accent

#DEE83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B241D

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

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