#8B2A14#8B2A14

#8B2A14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.136 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A14
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 20)
HSL	hsl(11, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(11, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.25, 40.05, 35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.25, 53.79, 41.87°)
OKLab	oklab(43.12% 0.1124 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(43.12% 0.136 34)
XYZ	xyz(11.6030, 7.1972, 1.4399)
Luminance	0.0720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A14 #14758B

analogous

#8B1439 #8B2A14 #8B6514

triadic

#8B2A14 #148B2A #2A148B

tetradic

#8B2A14 #398B14 #14758B #65148B

square

#8B2A14 #398B14 #14758B #65148B

split-complementary

#8B2A14 #148B65 #14398B

monochromatic

#200A05 #551A0C #8B2A14 #C13A1C #E25737

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.61

#8B2A14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2A14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A14

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A14	1.00	8.61	2.44	8.61
#FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0826

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.136 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56954',
    500: '#8b2a14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a14;
$custom-light: #b56954;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.092,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43122,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.07195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A14

secondary

#3CA7BF

accent

#CFF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A14

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

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