#8B2B1C#8B2B1C

#8B2B1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.133 H 31.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2B1C
RGB	rgb(139, 43, 28)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.49, 39.89, 31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.49, 51.02, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(43.32% 0.1134 0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(43.32% 0.133 31.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7223, 7.3023, 1.8906)
Luminance	0.0730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2B1C #1C7C8B

analogous

#8B1C45 #8B2B1C #8B621C

triadic

#8B2B1C #1C8B2B #2B1C8B

tetradic

#8B2B1C #458B1C #1C7C8B #621C8B

square

#8B2B1C #458B1C #1C7C8B #621C8B

split-complementary

#8B2B1C #1C8B62 #1C458B

monochromatic

#250B07 #581B12 #8B2B1C #BE3B26 #DA5B47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#8B2B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#8B2B1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2B1C

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2B1C	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)

#473F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E5418

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990D28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 43, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.133 31.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a59',
    500: '#8b2b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2b1c;
$custom-light: #b56a59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.108,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43321,
    "c": 0.13315,
    "h": 31.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2B1C

secondary

#47ACBC

accent

#D2E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2B1C

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

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