#8B2A18#8B2A18

#8B2A18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.135 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2A18
RGB	rgb(139, 42, 24)
HSL	hsl(9, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.29, 40.18, 33.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.29, 52.52, 40.09°)
OKLab	oklab(43.16% 0.1135 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(43.16% 0.135 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6416, 7.2126, 1.6432)
Luminance	0.0721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2A18 #18798B

analogous

#8B1840 #8B2A18 #8B6418

triadic

#8B2A18 #188B2A #2A188B

tetradic

#8B2A18 #408B18 #18798B #64188B

square

#8B2A18 #408B18 #18798B #64188B

split-complementary

#8B2A18 #188B64 #18408B

monochromatic

#230A06 #571A0F #8B2A18 #BF3A21 #DE583F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.60

#8B2A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.44

#8B2A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2A18

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2A18	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)

#463E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990927

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.135 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56956',
    500: '#8b2a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2a18;
$custom-light: #b56956;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.391,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43159,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2A18

secondary

#40ABBE

accent

#D1ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2A18

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

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