#8B291C#8B291C

#8B291C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 30.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B291C
RGB	rgb(139, 41, 28)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.5%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.17, 40.75, 31.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.17, 51.49, 37.68°)
OKLab	oklab(43.08% 0.1161 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(43.08% 0.135 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6513, 7.1604, 1.8670)
Luminance	0.0716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B291C #1C7E8B

analogous

#8B1C46 #8B291C #8B601C

triadic

#8B291C #1C8B29 #291C8B

tetradic

#8B291C #468B1C #1C7E8B #601C8B

square

#8B291C #468B1C #1C7E8B #601C8B

split-complementary

#8B291C #1C8B60 #1C468B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581A12 #8B291C #BE3826 #DA5947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.64

#8B291C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.43

#8B291C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B291C

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B291C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B291C	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)

#453E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990727

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b291c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 41, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56959',
    500: '#8b291c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b291c;
$custom-light: #b56959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b291c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.027,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43084,
    "c": 0.13508,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B291C

secondary

#47AEBC

accent

#D5E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B291C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →