#8B2E17#8B2E17

#8B2E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.131 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E17
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 38.37, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 51.93, 42.36°)
OKLab	oklab(43.64% 0.1077 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(43.64% 0.131 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.7804, 7.5065, 1.6390)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E17 #17748B

analogous

#8B173A #8B2E17 #8B6817

triadic

#8B2E17 #178B2E #2E178B

tetradic

#8B2E17 #3A8B17 #17748B #68178B

square

#8B2E17 #3A8B17 #17748B #68178B

split-complementary

#8B2E17 #178B68 #173A8B

monochromatic

#220B06 #561D0E #8B2E17 #C03F20 #DF5D3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#8B2E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E17

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E17	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)

#494013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.131 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c56',
    500: '#8b2e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e17;
$custom-light: #b56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.897,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43643,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E17

secondary

#3FA5BF

accent

#CAEE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E17

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

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