#8B2B19#8B2B19

#8B2B19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.134 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B19
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 25)
HSL	hsl(9, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(9, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.46, 39.78, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.46, 51.98, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.1125 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.134 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6881, 7.2887, 1.7109)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B19 #19798B

analogous

#8B1940 #8B2B19 #8B6419

triadic

#8B2B19 #198B2B #2B198B

tetradic

#8B2B19 #408B19 #19798B #64198B

square

#8B2B19 #408B19 #19798B #64198B

split-complementary

#8B2B19 #198B64 #19408B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571B10 #8B2B19 #BF3B22 #DD5A41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#8B2B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B19

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B19	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)

#473F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5415

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990C28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.134 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a57',
    500: '#8b2b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b19;
$custom-light: #b56a57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.474,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43289,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B19

secondary

#42AABE

accent

#D0EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B19

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