#8B2819#8B2819

#8B2819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.137 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2819
RGB	rgb(139, 40, 25)
HSL	hsl(8, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.98, 41.06, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.98, 52.67, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.94% 0.1165 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(42.94% 0.137 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5831, 7.0785, 1.6759)
Luminance	0.0708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2819 #197C8B

analogous

#8B1943 #8B2819 #8B6119

triadic

#8B2819 #198B28 #28198B

tetradic

#8B2819 #438B19 #197C8B #61198B

square

#8B2819 #438B19 #197C8B #61198B

split-complementary

#8B2819 #198B61 #19438B

monochromatic

#230A06 #571910 #8B2819 #BF3722 #DD5641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.69

#8B2819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B2819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2819

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2819	1.00	8.69	2.42	8.69
#FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#453D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990325

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 40, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.137 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56857',
    500: '#8b2819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2819;
$custom-light: #b56857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42936,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2819

secondary

#42ADBE

accent

#D5EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2819

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

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