#8B2E19#8B2E19

#8B2E19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.131 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E19
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 25)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.95, 38.44, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.95, 51.28, 41.44°)
OKLab	oklab(43.66% 0.1083 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(43.66% 0.131 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.8013, 7.5149, 1.7486)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E19 #19768B

analogous

#8B193D #8B2E19 #8B6719

triadic

#8B2E19 #198B2E #2E198B

tetradic

#8B2E19 #3D8B19 #19768B #67198B

square

#8B2E19 #3D8B19 #19768B #67198B

split-complementary

#8B2E19 #198B67 #193D8B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571D10 #8B2E19 #BF3F22 #DD5E41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2E19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E19

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E19	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)

#494016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99132A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.131 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8b2e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e19;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.053,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43662,
    "c": 0.13087,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E19

secondary

#42A7BE

accent

#CCEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E19

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