#8B2516#8B2516

#8B2516 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2516
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.51, 42.18, 34.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.51, 54.28, 39.01°)
OKLab	oklab(42.57% 0.1193 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(42.57% 0.14 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4552, 6.8718, 1.4821)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2516 #167C8B

analogous

#8B1642 #8B2516 #8B6016

triadic

#8B2516 #168B25 #25168B

tetradic

#8B2516 #428B16 #167C8B #60168B

square

#8B2516 #428B16 #167C8B #60168B

split-complementary

#8B2516 #168B60 #16428B

monochromatic

#210905 #56170E #8B2516 #C0331E #E0503B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.85

#8B2516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2516 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2516

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2516	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)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5211

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56755',
    500: '#8b2516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2516;
$custom-light: #b56755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42574,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2516

secondary

#3EAEBF

accent

#D8EF38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2516

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

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