#8B2C1A#8B2C1A

#8B2C1A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.133 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C1A
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 26)
HSL	hsl(10, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.63, 39.38, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.63, 51.42, 40.02°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.1114 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.133 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7359, 7.3666, 1.7810)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C1A #1A798B

analogous

#8B1A40 #8B2C1A #8B651A

triadic

#8B2C1A #1A8B2C #2C1A8B

tetradic

#8B2C1A #408B1A #1A798B #651A8B

square

#8B2C1A #408B1A #1A798B #651A8B

split-complementary

#8B2C1A #1A8B65 #1A408B

monochromatic

#240B07 #571C10 #8B2C1A #BF3C24 #DC5C43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8B2C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C1A

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C1A	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#473F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5416

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.133 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b58',
    500: '#8b2c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c1a;
$custom-light: #b56b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.558,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43422,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C1A

secondary

#44AABD

accent

#CFEB3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C1A

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

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