#8B2614#8B2614

#8B2614 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2614
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 20)
HSL	hsl(9, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(9, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.64, 41.72, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.64, 54.68, 40.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.67% 0.1175 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(42.67% 0.139 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4682, 6.9275, 1.3950)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2614 #14798B

analogous

#8B143D #8B2614 #8B6114

triadic

#8B2614 #148B26 #26148B

tetradic

#8B2614 #3D8B14 #14798B #61148B

square

#8B2614 #3D8B14 #14798B #61148B

split-complementary

#8B2614 #148B61 #143D8B

monochromatic

#200905 #55170C #8B2614 #C1351C #E25137

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8B2614 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2614 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2614

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2614	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2614	1.00	8.80	2.39	8.80
#FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D530E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2614;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56754',
    500: '#8b2614',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2614;
$custom-light: #b56754;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2614",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42665,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2614

secondary

#3CABBF

accent

#D5F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2614

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

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