#8B2F19#8B2F19

#8B2F19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.130 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B2F19
RGB	rgb(139, 47, 25)
HSL	hsl(12, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(12, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.2%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 37.98, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 51.05, 41.92°)
OKLab	oklab(43.79% 0.1069 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(43.79% 0.13 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8408, 7.5939, 1.7618)
Luminance	0.0759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B2F19 #19758B

analogous

#8B193C #8B2F19 #8B6819

triadic

#8B2F19 #198B2F #2F198B

tetradic

#8B2F19 #3C8B19 #19758B #68198B

square

#8B2F19 #3C8B19 #19758B #68198B

split-complementary

#8B2F19 #198B68 #193C8B

monochromatic

#230C06 #571D10 #8B2F19 #BF4122 #DD5F41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#8B2F19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#8B2F19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B2F19

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B2F19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B2F19	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)

#494116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#605515

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99152B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b2f19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 47, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.130 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46c57',
    500: '#8b2f19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b2f19;
$custom-light: #b46c57;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b2f19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43791,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B2F19

secondary

#42A6BE

accent

#CAEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8ECE9

border

#D1C7C5

text

#130703

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B2F19

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