#8B2C18#8B2C18

#8B2C18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.133 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C18
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 24)
HSL	hsl(10, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 39.31, 34.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 52.07, 40.98°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.1108 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.133 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.7144, 7.3580, 1.6674)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C18 #18778B

analogous

#8B183E #8B2C18 #8B6618

triadic

#8B2C18 #188B2C #2C188B

tetradic

#8B2C18 #3E8B18 #18778B #66188B

square

#8B2C18 #3E8B18 #18778B #66188B

split-complementary

#8B2C18 #188B66 #183E8B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571B0F #8B2C18 #BF3D21 #DE5B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.50

#8B2C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C18

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C18	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)

#483F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5414

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990E28

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.133 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b57',
    500: '#8b2c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c18;
$custom-light: #b56b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.435,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43401,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C18

secondary

#40A8BE

accent

#CEED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C18

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

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