#8B2514#8B2514

#8B2514 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2514
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 20)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.50, 42.12, 35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.50, 54.90, 39.89°)
OKLab	oklab(42.56% 0.1188 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(42.56% 0.14 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4367, 6.8644, 1.3845)
Luminance	0.0686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2514 #147A8B

analogous

#8B143E #8B2514 #8B6014

triadic

#8B2514 #148B25 #25148B

tetradic

#8B2514 #3E8B14 #147A8B #60148B

square

#8B2514 #3E8B14 #147A8B #60148B

split-complementary

#8B2514 #148B60 #143E8B

monochromatic

#200905 #55170C #8B2514 #C1331C #E25037

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B2514 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2514 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2514

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2514	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2514	1.00	8.85	2.37	8.85
#FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D520E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2514;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56754',
    500: '#8b2514',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2514;
$custom-light: #b56754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2514",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42556,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2514

secondary

#3CACBF

accent

#D7F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2514

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

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