#8B291B#8B291B

#8B291B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B291B
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 27)
HSL	hsl(8, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.16, 40.72, 32.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.16, 51.81, 38.20°)
OKLab	oklab(43.07% 0.1158 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(43.07% 0.135 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6396, 7.1557, 1.8050)
Luminance	0.0715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B291B #1B7D8B

analogous

#8B1B45 #8B291B #8B611B

triadic

#8B291B #1B8B29 #291B8B

tetradic

#8B291B #458B1B #1B7D8B #611B8B

square

#8B291B #458B1B #1B7D8B #611B8B

split-complementary

#8B291B #1B8B61 #1B458B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581A11 #8B291B #BE3825 #DB5845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8B291B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B291B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B291B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B291B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B291B	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)

#463E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b291b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56958',
    500: '#8b291b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b291b;
$custom-light: #b56958;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b291b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43073,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B291B

secondary

#45AEBC

accent

#D5EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B291B

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

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