#8B2B14#8B2B14

#8B2B14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.135 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B14
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 20)
HSL	hsl(12, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(12, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 39.62, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 53.56, 42.29°)
OKLab	oklab(43.24% 0.111 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(43.24% 0.135 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6390, 7.2690, 1.4519)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B14 #14748B

analogous

#8B1438 #8B2B14 #8B6614

triadic

#8B2B14 #148B2B #2B148B

tetradic

#8B2B14 #388B14 #14748B #66148B

square

#8B2B14 #388B14 #14748B #66148B

split-complementary

#8B2B14 #148B66 #14388B

monochromatic

#200A05 #551A0C #8B2B14 #C13C1C #E25837

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#8B2B14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#8B2B14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B14

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B14	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F540F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.135 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a54',
    500: '#8b2b14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b14;
$custom-light: #b56a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.597,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43243,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B14

secondary

#3CA6BF

accent

#CDF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B14

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

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