#8B2618#8B2618

#8B2618 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.139 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2618
RGB	rgb(139, 38, 24)
HSL	hsl(7, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.68, 41.85, 33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.68, 53.44, 38.46°)
OKLab	oklab(42.7% 0.1187 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(42.7% 0.139 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5068, 6.9429, 1.5982)
Luminance	0.0694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2618 #187D8B

analogous

#8B1844 #8B2618 #8B5F18

triadic

#8B2618 #188B26 #26188B

tetradic

#8B2618 #448B18 #187D8B #5F188B

square

#8B2618 #448B18 #187D8B #5F188B

split-complementary

#8B2618 #188B5F #18448B

monochromatic

#230906 #57180F #8B2618 #BF3421 #DE533F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.79

#8B2618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#8B2618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2618

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2618	1.00	8.79	2.39	8.79
#FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5313

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 38, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.139 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56756',
    500: '#8b2618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2618;
$custom-light: #b56756;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.304,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42703,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2618

secondary

#40AFBE

accent

#D8ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2618

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

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