#8B2517#8B2517

#8B2517 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.140 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2517
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 23)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.52, 42.21, 33.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.52, 53.97, 38.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.58% 0.1196 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(42.58% 0.14 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4650, 6.8757, 1.5339)
Luminance	0.0687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2517 #177D8B

analogous

#8B1743 #8B2517 #8B5F17

triadic

#8B2517 #178B25 #25178B

tetradic

#8B2517 #438B17 #177D8B #5F178B

square

#8B2517 #438B17 #177D8B #5F178B

split-complementary

#8B2517 #178B5F #17438B

monochromatic

#220906 #56170E #8B2517 #C03320 #DF513D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.37

#8B2517 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2517

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2517	1.00	8.84	2.37	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5212

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.140 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56755',
    500: '#8b2517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2517;
$custom-light: #b56755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42584,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2517

secondary

#3FAFBF

accent

#D9EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2517

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

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