#8B2917#8B2917

#8B2917 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2917
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 23)
HSL	hsl(9, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.12, 40.57, 34.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.12, 53.07, 40.13°)
OKLab	oklab(43.03% 0.1145 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(43.03% 0.136 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5964, 7.1385, 1.5777)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2917 #17798B

analogous

#8B173F #8B2917 #8B6317

triadic

#8B2917 #178B29 #29178B

tetradic

#8B2917 #3F8B17 #17798B #63178B

square

#8B2917 #3F8B17 #17798B #63178B

split-complementary

#8B2917 #178B63 #173F8B

monochromatic

#220A06 #561A0E #8B2917 #C03820 #DF563D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8B2917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B2917 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2917

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2917	1.00	8.65	2.43	8.65
#FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5412

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56956',
    500: '#8b2917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2917;
$custom-light: #b56956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.31,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43032,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2917

secondary

#3FABBF

accent

#D2EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2917

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

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