#8B2C17#8B2C17

#8B2C17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.133 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C17
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.60, 39.27, 34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.60, 52.38, 41.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.39% 0.1105 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.39% 0.133 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7041, 7.3539, 1.6136)
Luminance	0.0735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C17 #17768B

analogous

#8B173C #8B2C17 #8B6617

triadic

#8B2C17 #178B2C #2C178B

tetradic

#8B2C17 #3C8B17 #17768B #66178B

square

#8B2C17 #3C8B17 #17768B #66178B

split-complementary

#8B2C17 #178B66 #173C8B

monochromatic

#220B06 #561B0E #8B2C17 #C03D20 #DF5B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B2C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C17

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C17	1.00	8.50	2.47	8.50
#FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#483F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5413

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.133 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56a56',
    500: '#8b2c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c17;
$custom-light: #b56a56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.862,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43392,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C17

secondary

#3FA7BF

accent

#CEEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C17

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