#8B2716#8B2716

#8B2716 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.138 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2716
RGBrgb(139, 39, 22)
HSLhsl(9, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(9, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.9%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(31.81, 41.38, 34.44)
CIE-LCHlch(31.81, 53.84, 39.78°)
OKLaboklab(42.79% 0.1168 0.0735)
OKLCHoklch(42.79% 0.138 32.2)
XYZxyz(11.5192, 6.9997, 1.5034)
Luminance0.0700 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2716 #167A8B
analogous
#8B1640 #8B2716 #8B6216
triadic
#8B2716 #168B27 #27168B
tetradic
#8B2716 #408B16 #167A8B #62168B
square
#8B2716 #408B16 #167A8B #62168B
split-complementary
#8B2716 #168B62 #16408B
monochromatic
#210905 #56180E #8B2716 #C0361E #E0533B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.75
#8B2716 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40
#8B2716 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2716
8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2716#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B27161.008.752.408.75
#FFFFFF8.751.0021.001.00
#0000002.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.751.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#453D13
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5D5311
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0024
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.138 32.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56855',
    500: '#8b2716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2716;
$custom-light: #b56855;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.718,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42794,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2716
secondary
#3EACBF
accent
#D5EF38
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130603
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2716

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#8B2716 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva