#8B3121#8B3121

#8B3121 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.126 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B3121
RGB	rgb(139, 49, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(9, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.7%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.56, 37.38, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.56, 47.97, 38.82°)
OKLab	oklab(44.15% 0.1066 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(44.15% 0.126 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0216, 7.7971, 2.3105)
Luminance	0.0780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B3121 #217B8B

analogous

#8B2146 #8B3121 #8B6621

triadic

#8B3121 #218B31 #31218B

tetradic

#8B3121 #468B21 #217B8B #66218B

square

#8B3121 #468B21 #217B8B #66218B

split-complementary

#8B3121 #218B66 #21468B

monochromatic

#280E0A #5A2015 #8B3121 #BC422D #D66551

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.21

#8B3121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#8B3121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B3121

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B3121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B3121	1.00	8.21	2.56	8.21
#FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60561E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#991A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b3121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 49, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.126 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46d5d',
    500: '#8b3121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b3121;
$custom-light: #b46d5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b3121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.057,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44145,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B3121

secondary

#4FA9B9

accent

#CCE543

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7ECE9

border

#D0C7C5

text

#120704

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B3121

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

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