#8B2616#8B2616

#8B2616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2616
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 22)
HSL	hsl(8, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.66, 41.78, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.66, 54.06, 39.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.1181 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.139 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4868, 6.9349, 1.4926)
Luminance	0.0693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2616 #167B8B

analogous

#8B1641 #8B2616 #8B6116

triadic

#8B2616 #168B26 #26168B

tetradic

#8B2616 #418B16 #167B8B #61168B

square

#8B2616 #418B16 #167B8B #61168B

split-complementary

#8B2616 #168B61 #16418B

monochromatic

#210905 #56180E #8B2616 #C0341E #E0523B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.80

#8B2616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2616

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2616	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)

#443C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5311

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56755',
    500: '#8b2616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2616;
$custom-light: #b56755;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.205,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42683,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2616

secondary

#3EADBF

accent

#D6EF38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2616

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

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