#8B2D19#8B2D19

#8B2D19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.132 H 33.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2D19
RGB	rgb(139, 45, 25)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.6%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 38.89, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 51.51, 40.97°)
OKLab	oklab(43.54% 0.1097 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(43.54% 0.132 33.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7626, 7.4377, 1.7358)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2D19 #19778B

analogous

#8B193E #8B2D19 #8B6619

triadic

#8B2D19 #198B2D #2D198B

tetradic

#8B2D19 #3E8B19 #19778B #66198B

square

#8B2D19 #3E8B19 #19778B #66198B

split-complementary

#8B2D19 #198B66 #193E8B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571C10 #8B2D19 #BF3E22 #DD5D41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#8B2D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#8B2D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2D19

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2D19	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F5515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991129

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 45, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.132 33.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56b57',
    500: '#8b2d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2d19;
$custom-light: #b56b57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43536,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 33.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2D19

secondary

#42A8BE

accent

#CDEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

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