#891B17#891B17

#891B17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.146 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#891B17
RGB	rgb(137, 27, 23)
HSL	hsl(2, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 83.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 45.13, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 55.23, 35.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.129 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.146 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8644, 6.1658, 1.4285)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#891B17 #178589

analogous

#89174C #891B17 #895417

triadic

#891B17 #17891B #1B1789

tetradic

#891B17 #4C8917 #178589 #541789

square

#891B17 #4C8917 #178589 #541789

split-complementary

#891B17 #178954 #174C89

monochromatic

#200605 #55110E #891B17 #BD2520 #DE423C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#891B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#891B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #891B17

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##891B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##891B17	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)

#3E3715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F11

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #891b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 27, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.146 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46255',
    500: '#891b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #891b17;
$custom-light: #b46255;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#891b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 71.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41246,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#891B17

secondary

#3FB8BD

accent

#E8EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #891B17

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

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