#8B241F#8B241F

#8B241F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B241F
RGB	rgb(139, 36, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.1%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.47, 42.90, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.47, 51.76, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1235 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.139 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5270, 6.8514, 2.0116)
Luminance	0.0685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B241F #1F868B

analogous

#8B1F50 #8B241F #8B5A1F

triadic

#8B241F #1F8B24 #241F8B

tetradic

#8B241F #508B1F #1F868B #5A1F8B

square

#8B241F #508B1F #1F868B #5A1F8B

split-complementary

#8B241F #1F8B5A #1F508B

monochromatic

#270A09 #591714 #8B241F #BD312A #D7534D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.86

#8B241F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B241F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B241F

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B241F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B241F	1.00	8.86	2.37	8.86
#FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#423C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C521B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b241f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 36, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5675b',
    500: '#8b241f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b241f;
$custom-light: #b5675b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b241f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.778,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42569,
    "c": 0.13927,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B241F

secondary

#4CB5BA

accent

#DFE741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B241F

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

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