#8B2D18#8B2D18

#8B2D18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D18
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.77, 38.86, 34.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.77, 51.83, 41.43°)
OKLab	oklab(43.53% 0.1094 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(43.53% 0.132 34)
XYZ	xyz(11.7521, 7.4334, 1.6800)
Luminance	0.0743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D18 #18768B

analogous

#8B183C #8B2D18 #8B6718

triadic

#8B2D18 #188B2D #2D188B

tetradic

#8B2D18 #3C8B18 #18768B #67188B

square

#8B2D18 #3C8B18 #18768B #67188B

split-complementary

#8B2D18 #188B67 #183C8B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571C0F #8B2D18 #BF3E21 #DE5C3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.45

#8B2D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D18

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D18	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)

#484015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b57',
    500: '#8b2d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d18;
$custom-light: #b56b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43526,
    "c": 0.13204,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.07432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D18

secondary

#40A7BE

accent

#CDED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2D18

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

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