#8B291A#8B291A

#8B291A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.071; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B291A
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 26)
HSL	hsl(8, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.15, 40.68, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.15, 52.12, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(43.06% 0.1155 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(43.06% 0.135 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6282, 7.1512, 1.7451)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B291A #1A7C8B

analogous

#8B1A43 #8B291A #8B621A

triadic

#8B291A #1A8B29 #291A8B

tetradic

#8B291A #438B1A #1A7C8B #621A8B

square

#8B291A #438B1A #1A7C8B #621A8B

split-complementary

#8B291A #1A8B62 #1A438B

monochromatic

#240B07 #571A10 #8B291A #BF3824 #DC5843

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8B291A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B291A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B291A

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B291A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B291A	1.00	8.64	2.43	8.64
#FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990626

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b291a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56958',
    500: '#8b291a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b291a;
$custom-light: #b56958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b291a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.965,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43062,
    "c": 0.13545,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B291A

secondary

#44ADBD

accent

#D4EB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B291A

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

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