#8B2C1B#8B2C1B

#8B2C1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.132 H 32.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C1B
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 27)
HSL	hsl(9, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(9, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.64, 39.42, 32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.64, 51.10, 39.53°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.1117 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.132 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7473, 7.3712, 1.8409)
Luminance	0.0737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C1B #1B7A8B

analogous

#8B1B42 #8B2C1B #8B641B

triadic

#8B2C1B #1B8B2C #2C1B8B

tetradic

#8B2C1B #428B1B #1B7A8B #641B8B

square

#8B2C1B #428B1B #1B7A8B #641B8B

split-complementary

#8B2C1B #1B8B64 #1B428B

monochromatic

#250C07 #581C11 #8B2C1B #BE3C25 #DB5C45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#8B2C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#8B2C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C1B

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C1B	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)

#473F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990F29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.132 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b59',
    500: '#8b2c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c1b;
$custom-light: #b56b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.107,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43432,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C1B

secondary

#45AABC

accent

#D0EA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C1B

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

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