#8B2C1E#8B2C1E

#8B2C1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2C1E
RGB	rgb(139, 44, 30)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.67, 39.53, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.67, 50.15, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.47% 0.1127 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(43.47% 0.132 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7838, 7.3858, 2.0332)
Luminance	0.0738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2C1E #1E7D8B

analogous

#8B1E47 #8B2C1E #8B621E

triadic

#8B2C1E #1E8B2C #2C1E8B

tetradic

#8B2C1E #478B1E #1E7D8B #621E8B

square

#8B2C1E #478B1E #1E7D8B #621E8B

split-complementary

#8B2C1E #1E8B62 #1E478B

monochromatic

#260C08 #591C13 #8B2C1E #BD3C29 #D85D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.48

#8B2C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2C1E

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2C1E	1.00	8.48	2.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47401C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F551A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 44, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46b5b',
    500: '#8b2c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2c1e;
$custom-light: #b46b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.706,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43467,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2C1E

secondary

#4AACBB

accent

#D2E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2C1E

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

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