#8B2719#8B2719

#8B2719 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.137 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2719
RGB	rgb(139, 39, 25)
HSL	hsl(7, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(7, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.83, 41.47, 32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.83, 52.90, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.1177 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.137 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5498, 7.0120, 1.6648)
Luminance	0.0701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2719 #197D8B

analogous

#8B1944 #8B2719 #8B6019

triadic

#8B2719 #198B27 #27198B

tetradic

#8B2719 #448B19 #197D8B #60198B

square

#8B2719 #448B19 #197D8B #60198B

split-complementary

#8B2719 #198B60 #19448B

monochromatic

#230A06 #571810 #8B2719 #BF3622 #DD5541

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.74

#8B2719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.40

#8B2719 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2719

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2719	1.00	8.74	2.40	8.74
#FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5314

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 39, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.137 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56857',
    500: '#8b2719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2719;
$custom-light: #b56857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42823,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2719

secondary

#42AFBE

accent

#D7EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2719

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

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