#8B2918#8B2918

#8B2918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.136 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2918
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.13, 40.61, 33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.13, 52.75, 39.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.04% 0.1148 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(43.04% 0.136 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6066, 7.1425, 1.6315)
Luminance	0.0714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2918 #187A8B

analogous

#8B1840 #8B2918 #8B6318

triadic

#8B2918 #188B29 #29188B

tetradic

#8B2918 #408B18 #187A8B #63188B

square

#8B2918 #408B18 #187A8B #63188B

split-complementary

#8B2918 #188B63 #18408B

monochromatic

#230A06 #571A0F #8B2918 #BF3821 #DE573F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.65

#8B2918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B2918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2918

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2918	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)

#463E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.136 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56956',
    500: '#8b2918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2918;
$custom-light: #b56956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43042,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2918

secondary

#40ACBE

accent

#D3ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2918

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

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