#8B2B1B#8B2B1B

#8B2B1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B1B
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.48, 39.86, 32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.48, 51.34, 39.07°)
OKLab	oklab(43.31% 0.1131 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(43.31% 0.133 32)
XYZ	xyz(11.7105, 7.2976, 1.8287)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B1B #1B7B8B

analogous

#8B1B43 #8B2B1B #8B631B

triadic

#8B2B1B #1B8B2B #2B1B8B

tetradic

#8B2B1B #438B1B #1B7B8B #631B8B

square

#8B2B1B #438B1B #1B7B8B #631B8B

split-complementary

#8B2B1B #1B8B63 #1B438B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581B11 #8B2B1B #BE3B25 #DB5B45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B1B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B1B	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5417

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a58',
    500: '#8b2b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b1b;
$custom-light: #b56a58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4331,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.07296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B1B

secondary

#45ABBC

accent

#D2EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B1B

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

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