#8B2A19#8B2A19
#8B2A19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.135 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8B2A19 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 42, 25) |
| HSL | hsl(9, 70%, 32%) |
| HSV | hsv(9, 82%, 55%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 82%, 45.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(32.30, 40.22, 33.29) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(32.30, 52.21, 39.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(43.17% 0.1138 0.072) |
| OKLCH | oklch(43.17% 0.135 32.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.6522, 7.2168, 1.6989) |
| Luminance | 0.0722 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | red |
Closest named colors
Red Brown
#8B2E16
ΔE00 1.93
Brick Red
#8F1402
ΔE00 3.89
Indian Red
#850E04
ΔE00 4.37
Brownish Red
#9E3623
ΔE00 4.67
Reddish Brown
#7F2B0A
ΔE00 4.83
Blood Red
#980002
ΔE00 4.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8B2A19 #197A8B
analogous
#8B1941 #8B2A19 #8B6319
triadic
#8B2A19 #198B2A #2A198B
tetradic
#8B2A19 #418B19 #197A8B #63198B
square
#8B2A19 #418B19 #197A8B #63198B
split-complementary
#8B2A19 #198B63 #19418B
monochromatic
#230B06 #571A10 #8B2A19 #BF3A22 #DD5941
Accessibility & contrast
On white
8.60
#8B2A19 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
On black
2.44
#8B2A19 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
Best text color
#FFFFFF on #8B2A19
8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8B2A19 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##FFFFFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8B2A19 | 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)
#463E16
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5E5415
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#990927
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4C4C4C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8b2a19; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 42, 25); /* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.135 32.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b56957',
500: '#8b2a19',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8b2a19; $custom-light: #b56957; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8b2a19",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 42,
"b": 25
},
"hsl": {
"h": 8.947,
"s": 69.512,
"l": 32.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.43169,
"c": 0.13469,
"h": 32.3
},
"luminance": 0.07215
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8B2A19
secondary
#42ABBE
accent
#D2EC3B
background
#FCF6F5
surface
#F8EBE9
border
#D1C6C5
text
#130703
muted
#827A78