#8B2914#8B2914

#8B2914 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.137 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2914
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 20)
HSL	hsl(11, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.09, 40.48, 35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.09, 54.01, 41.45°)
OKLab	oklab(43.01% 0.1137 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(43.01% 0.137 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5680, 7.1271, 1.4282)
Luminance	0.0712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2914 #14768B

analogous

#8B143A #8B2914 #8B6414

triadic

#8B2914 #148B29 #29148B

tetradic

#8B2914 #3A8B14 #14768B #64148B

square

#8B2914 #3A8B14 #14768B #64148B

split-complementary

#8B2914 #148B64 #143A8B

monochromatic

#200905 #55190C #8B2914 #C1391C #E25537

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.66

#8B2914 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.42

#8B2914 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2914

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2914	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2914	1.00	8.66	2.42	8.66
#FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E530F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0525

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2914;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.137 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56954',
    500: '#8b2914',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2914;
$custom-light: #b56954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2914",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.588,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43005,
    "c": 0.13655,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2914

secondary

#3CA8BF

accent

#D0F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2914

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

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