#8B2714#8B2714

#8B2714 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2714
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.79, 41.32, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.79, 54.46, 40.65°)
OKLab	oklab(42.78% 0.1163 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(42.78% 0.138 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.5006, 6.9923, 1.4058)
Luminance	0.0699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2714 #14788B

analogous

#8B143C #8B2714 #8B6214

triadic

#8B2714 #148B27 #27148B

tetradic

#8B2714 #3C8B14 #14788B #62148B

square

#8B2714 #3C8B14 #14788B #62148B

split-complementary

#8B2714 #148B62 #143C8B

monochromatic

#200905 #55180C #8B2714 #C1361C #E25237

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.76

#8B2714 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2714 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2714

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2714	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2714	1.00	8.76	2.40	8.76
#FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2714;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56854',
    500: '#8b2714',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2714;
$custom-light: #b56854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2714",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.58,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42776,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2714

secondary

#3CAABF

accent

#D4F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2714

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

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