#8B2E18#8B2E18

#8B2E18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.131 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E18
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 24)
HSL	hsl(11, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.94, 38.41, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.94, 51.61, 41.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.65% 0.108 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(43.65% 0.131 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7907, 7.5106, 1.6928)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E18 #18758B

analogous

#8B183C #8B2E18 #8B6818

triadic

#8B2E18 #188B2E #2E188B

tetradic

#8B2E18 #3C8B18 #18758B #68188B

square

#8B2E18 #3C8B18 #18758B #68188B

split-complementary

#8B2E18 #188B68 #183C8B

monochromatic

#230B06 #571D0F #8B2E18 #BF3F21 #DE5E3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E18

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E18	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.131 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8b2e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e18;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.478,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43652,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E18

secondary

#40A6BE

accent

#CBED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E18

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

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