#8B2817#8B2817

#8B2817 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2817
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.97, 40.99, 34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.97, 53.30, 39.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% 0.1159 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.137 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5623, 7.0702, 1.5663)
Luminance	0.0707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2817 #177A8B

analogous

#8B1740 #8B2817 #8B6217

triadic

#8B2817 #178B28 #28178B

tetradic

#8B2817 #408B17 #177A8B #62178B

square

#8B2817 #408B17 #177A8B #62178B

split-complementary

#8B2817 #178B62 #17408B

monochromatic

#220A06 #56190E #8B2817 #C03720 #DF553D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.70

#8B2817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#8B2817 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2817

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2817	1.00	8.70	2.41	8.70
#FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5312

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56856',
    500: '#8b2817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2817;
$custom-light: #b56856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42916,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2817

secondary

#3FACBF

accent

#D4EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2817

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

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