#891B16#891B16

#891B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.146 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#891B16
RGB	rgb(137, 27, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 83.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 45.10, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 55.53, 35.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.1287 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.146 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.8546, 6.1619, 1.3767)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#891B16 #168489

analogous

#89164A #891B16 #895416

triadic

#891B16 #16891B #1B1689

tetradic

#891B16 #4A8916 #168489 #541689

square

#891B16 #4A8916 #168489 #541689

split-complementary

#891B16 #168954 #164A89

monochromatic

#200605 #54110E #891B16 #BE251E #DF413A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#891B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#891B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #891B16

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##891B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##891B16	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #891b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 27, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.146 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46254',
    500: '#891b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #891b16;
$custom-light: #b46254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#891b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.609,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41236,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#891B16

secondary

#3EB7BD

accent

#E7EF39

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #891B16

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

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