#8B2E1B#8B2E1B

#8B2E1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.130 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2E1B
RGB	rgb(139, 46, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(10, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.97, 38.52, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.97, 50.63, 40.47°)
OKLab	oklab(43.68% 0.1089 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(43.68% 0.13 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8236, 7.5238, 1.8664)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2E1B #1B788B

analogous

#8B1B40 #8B2E1B #8B661B

triadic

#8B2E1B #1B8B2E #2E1B8B

tetradic

#8B2E1B #408B1B #1B788B #661B8B

square

#8B2E1B #408B1B #1B788B #661B8B

split-complementary

#8B2E1B #1B8B66 #1B408B

monochromatic

#250C07 #581D11 #8B2E1B #BE3F25 #DB5F45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#8B2E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#8B2E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2E1B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2E1B	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)

#494118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605517

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99142A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 46, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.130 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c59',
    500: '#8b2e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2e1b;
$custom-light: #b46c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.179,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43683,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2E1B

secondary

#45A8BC

accent

#CDEA3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#120703

muted

#817A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2E1B

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

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