#8B2F18#8B2F18

#8B2F18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 35.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F18
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 24)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.11, 37.95, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.11, 51.38, 42.38°)
OKLab	oklab(43.78% 0.1066 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(43.78% 0.13 35)
XYZ	xyz(11.8302, 7.5897, 1.7060)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F18 #18748B

analogous

#8B183B #8B2F18 #8B6918

triadic

#8B2F18 #188B2F #2F188B

tetradic

#8B2F18 #3B8B18 #18748B #69188B

square

#8B2F18 #3B8B18 #18748B #69188B

split-complementary

#8B2F18 #188B69 #183B8B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571D0F #8B2F18 #BF4121 #DE5F3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F18

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F18	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)

#494114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605514

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 35.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56c57',
    500: '#8b2f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f18;
$custom-light: #b56c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43781,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 35
  },
  "luminance": 0.07588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F18

secondary

#40A5BE

accent

#CAED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F18

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

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