#8B2F14#8B2F14

#8B2F14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.131 H 36.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F14
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 20)
HSL	hsl(14, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(14, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.08, 37.82, 36.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.08, 52.66, 44.10°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% 0.1055 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.131 36.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7916, 7.5742, 1.5028)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F14 #14708B

analogous

#8B1435 #8B2F14 #8B6A14

triadic

#8B2F14 #148B2F #2F148B

tetradic

#8B2F14 #358B14 #14708B #6A148B

square

#8B2F14 #358B14 #14708B #6A148B

split-complementary

#8B2F14 #148B6A #14358B

monochromatic

#200B05 #551D0C #8B2F14 #C1411C #E25E37

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#8B2F14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#8B2F14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F14

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F14	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60550F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.131 36.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c54',
    500: '#8b2f14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f14;
$custom-light: #b56c54;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.613,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43745,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 36.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F14

secondary

#3CA1BF

accent

#C7F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8ECE8

border

#D1C7C4

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F14

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