#8B2814#8B2814

#8B2814 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 33.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2814
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 20)
HSL	hsl(10, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(10, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.94, 40.90, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.94, 54.23, 41.05°)
OKLab	oklab(42.89% 0.115 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(42.89% 0.137 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5339, 7.0588, 1.4169)
Luminance	0.0706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2814 #14778B

analogous

#8B143B #8B2814 #8B6314

triadic

#8B2814 #148B28 #28148B

tetradic

#8B2814 #3B8B14 #14778B #63148B

square

#8B2814 #3B8B14 #14778B #63148B

split-complementary

#8B2814 #148B63 #143B8B

monochromatic

#200905 #55190C #8B2814 #C1371C #E25437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.71

#8B2814 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2814 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2814

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2814	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2814	1.00	8.71	2.41	8.71
#FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2814;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56854',
    500: '#8b2814',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2814;
$custom-light: #b56854;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2814",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.084,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42889,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2814

secondary

#3CA9BF

accent

#D2F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2814

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

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