#8B2519#8B2519

#8B2519 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.139 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2519
RGB	rgb(139, 37, 25)
HSL	hsl(6, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(6, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.54, 42.28, 32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.54, 53.35, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.1202 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.139 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.4858, 6.8841, 1.6435)
Luminance	0.0688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2519 #197F8B

analogous

#8B1946 #8B2519 #8B5E19

triadic

#8B2519 #198B25 #25198B

tetradic

#8B2519 #468B19 #197F8B #5E198B

square

#8B2519 #468B19 #197F8B #5E198B

split-complementary

#8B2519 #198B5E #19468B

monochromatic

#230906 #571710 #8B2519 #BF3322 #DD5241

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.84

#8B2519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8B2519 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2519

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2519	1.00	8.84	2.38	8.84
#FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#433C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 37, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.139 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56757',
    500: '#8b2519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2519;
$custom-light: #b56757;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42605,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2519

secondary

#42B1BE

accent

#DAEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2519

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

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