#8B2B17#8B2B17

#8B2B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B17
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 23)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.44, 39.71, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.44, 52.61, 40.99°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% 0.1119 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.134 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6673, 7.2803, 1.6013)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B17 #17778B

analogous

#8B173D #8B2B17 #8B6517

triadic

#8B2B17 #178B2B #2B178B

tetradic

#8B2B17 #3D8B17 #17778B #65178B

square

#8B2B17 #3D8B17 #17778B #65178B

split-complementary

#8B2B17 #178B65 #173D8B

monochromatic

#220B06 #561B0E #8B2B17 #C03B20 #DF593D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8B2B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B17

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B17	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990B27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a56',
    500: '#8b2b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b17;
$custom-light: #b56a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.345,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43269,
    "c": 0.13413,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B17

secondary

#3FA9BF

accent

#CFEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B17

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →