#8B2C14#8B2C14

#8B2C14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.134 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B2C14
RGBrgb(139, 44, 20)
HSLhsl(12, 75%, 31%)
HSVhsv(12, 86%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.3%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(32.57, 39.18, 36.19)
CIE-LCHlch(32.57, 53.34, 42.73°)
OKLaboklab(43.36% 0.1097 0.0766)
OKLCHoklch(43.36% 0.134 34.9)
XYZxyz(11.6758, 7.3426, 1.4642)
Luminance0.0734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B2C14 #14738B
analogous
#8B1437 #8B2C14 #8B6714
triadic
#8B2C14 #148B2C #2C148B
tetradic
#8B2C14 #378B14 #14738B #67148B
square
#8B2C14 #378B14 #14738B #67148B
split-complementary
#8B2C14 #148B67 #14378B
monochromatic
#200A05 #551B0C #8B2C14 #C13D1C #E25A37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.51
#8B2C14 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47
#8B2C14 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C14
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B2C14#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B2C141.008.512.478.51
#FFFFFF8.511.0021.001.00
#0000002.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF8.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#483F10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5F540F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0E28
Achromatopsia (no color)
#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b2c14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.134 34.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a54',
    500: '#8b2c14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b2c14;
$custom-light: #b56a54;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b2c14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.101,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43365,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B2C14
secondary
#3CA5BF
accent
#CCF136
background
#FCF6F4
surface
#F8EBE8
border
#D1C6C4
text
#130703
muted
#827A78

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#8B2C14 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva