#8B241E#8B241E

#8B241E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B241E
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.45, 42.86, 29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.45, 52.06, 34.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.1231 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.139 28)
XYZ	xyz(11.5140, 6.8462, 1.9432)
Luminance	0.0684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B241E #1E858B

analogous

#8B1E4E #8B241E #8B5A1E

triadic

#8B241E #1E8B24 #241E8B

tetradic

#8B241E #4E8B1E #1E858B #5A1E8B

square

#8B241E #4E8B1E #1E858B #5A1E8B

split-complementary

#8B241E #1E8B5A #1E4E8B

monochromatic

#260A08 #591713 #8B241E #BD3129 #D8534B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.87

#8B241E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B241E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B241E

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B241E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B241E	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)

#423C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b241e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675a',
    500: '#8b241e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b241e;
$custom-light: #b5675a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b241e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.303,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42557,
    "c": 0.13942,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.06844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B241E

secondary

#4AB4BB

accent

#DEE740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B241E

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

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