#8B2A17#8B2A17
#8B2A17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.1% C 0.135 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8B2A17 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 42, 23) |
| HSL | hsl(10, 72%, 32%) |
| HSV | hsv(10, 83%, 55%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 83.5%, 45.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.28, 40.15, 34.36) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.28, 52.84, 40.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.15% 0.1132 0.0737) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.15% 0.135 33) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.6314, 7.2085, 1.5894) |
| Luminance | 0.0721 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 1.43
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 3.61
Indian Red
#850E04
ΔE00 4.30
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 4.35
Brown Red
#922B05
ΔE00 4.40
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8B2A17 #17788B
analogous
#8B173E #8B2A17 #8B6417
triadic
#8B2A17 #178B2A #2A178B
tetradic
#8B2A17 #3E8B17 #17788B #64178B
square
#8B2A17 #3E8B17 #17788B #64178B
split-complementary
#8B2A17 #178B64 #173E8B
monochromatic
#220A06 #561A0E #8B2A17 #C03A20 #DF583D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.60
#8B2A17 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.44
#8B2A17 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8B2A17
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8B2A17 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8B2A17 | 1.00 | 8.60 | 2.44 | 8.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 8.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
| #000000 | 2.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 |
| ##FFFFFF | 8.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#463E14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E5412
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0827
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8b2a17; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 23); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.1% 0.135 33.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b56956',
500: '#8b2a17',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8b2a17; $custom-light: #b56956; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8b2a17",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 42,
"b": 23
},
"hsl": {
"h": 9.828,
"s": 71.605,
"l": 31.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43149,
"c": 0.13507,
"h": 33
},
"luminance": 0.07207
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8B2A17
secondary
#3FAABF
accent
#D1EE39
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78