Red Brown#8B2E16

#8B2E16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.132 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Red Brown — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#8B2E16
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 22)
HSL	hsl(12, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 38.34, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 52.25, 42.79°)
OKLab	oklab(43.63% 0.1075 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(43.63% 0.132 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7706, 7.5026, 1.5873)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E16 #16738B

analogous

#8B1639 #8B2E16 #8B6916

triadic

#8B2E16 #168B2E #2E168B

tetradic

#8B2E16 #398B16 #16738B #69168B

square

#8B2E16 #398B16 #16738B #69168B

split-complementary

#8B2E16 #168B69 #16398B

monochromatic

#210B05 #561D0E #8B2E16 #C03F1E #E05D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E16

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E16	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494012

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605512

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991329

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.132 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c55',
    500: '#8b2e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e16;
$custom-light: #b56c55;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.308,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43634,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E16

secondary

#3EA4BF

accent

#CAEF38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E16

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

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