#8B2B18#8B2B18

#8B2B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B18
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 39.75, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 52.29, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.28% 0.1122 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(43.28% 0.134 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6775, 7.2844, 1.6551)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B18 #18788B

analogous

#8B183F #8B2B18 #8B6518

triadic

#8B2B18 #188B2B #2B188B

tetradic

#8B2B18 #3F8B18 #18788B #65188B

square

#8B2B18 #3F8B18 #18788B #65188B

split-complementary

#8B2B18 #188B65 #183F8B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571B0F #8B2B18 #BF3B21 #DE5A3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8B2B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B18

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B18	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)

#473F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C27

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a56',
    500: '#8b2b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b18;
$custom-light: #b56a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.913,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43279,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B18

secondary

#40AABE

accent

#D0ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B18

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

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