#8B2D17#8B2D17

#8B2D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D17
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 23)
HSL	hsl(11, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.76, 38.83, 34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.76, 52.16, 41.89°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% 0.1091 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.132 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.7418, 7.4293, 1.6262)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D17 #17758B

analogous

#8B173B #8B2D17 #8B6717

triadic

#8B2D17 #178B2D #2D178B

tetradic

#8B2D17 #3B8B17 #17758B #67178B

square

#8B2D17 #3B8B17 #17758B #67178B

split-complementary

#8B2D17 #178B67 #173B8B

monochromatic

#220B06 #561C0E #8B2D17 #C03E20 #DF5C3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8B2D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D17

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D17	1.00	8.45	2.49	8.45
#FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b56',
    500: '#8b2d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d17;
$custom-light: #b56b56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.379,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43516,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D17

secondary

#3FA6BF

accent

#CCEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D17

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

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