#8B2D14#8B2D14

#8B2D14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.133 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D14
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 20)
HSL	hsl(13, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(13, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, 38.73, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 53.11, 43.17°)
OKLab	oklab(43.49% 0.1083 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(43.49% 0.133 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7135, 7.4180, 1.4767)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D14 #14728B

analogous

#8B1436 #8B2D14 #8B6814

triadic

#8B2D14 #148B2D #2D148B

tetradic

#8B2D14 #368B14 #14728B #68148B

square

#8B2D14 #368B14 #14728B #68148B

split-complementary

#8B2D14 #148B68 #14368B

monochromatic

#200A05 #551C0C #8B2D14 #C13E1C #E25B37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#8B2D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#8B2D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D14

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D14	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A1028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.133 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b54',
    500: '#8b2d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d14;
$custom-light: #b56b54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.605,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4349,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D14

secondary

#3CA3BF

accent

#CAF136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D14

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

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