#8B2F17#8B2F17

#8B2F17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F17
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 23)
HSL	hsl(12, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.10, 37.91, 35.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.10, 51.70, 42.83°)
OKLab	oklab(43.77% 0.1063 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(43.77% 0.13 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.8200, 7.5856, 1.6522)
Luminance	0.0758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F17 #17738B

analogous

#8B1739 #8B2F17 #8B6917

triadic

#8B2F17 #178B2F #2F178B

tetradic

#8B2F17 #398B17 #17738B #69178B

square

#8B2F17 #398B17 #17738B #69178B

split-complementary

#8B2F17 #178B69 #17398B

monochromatic

#220B06 #561D0E #8B2F17 #C04120 #DF5F3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F17

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F17	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494113

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605513

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c56',
    500: '#8b2f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f17;
$custom-light: #b56c56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.414,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43772,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F17

secondary

#3FA4BF

accent

#C9EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F17

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

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