#891B18#891B18

#891B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.146 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#891B18
RGB	rgb(137, 27, 24)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 82.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 45.16, 31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 54.93, 34.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.1293 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.146 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8747, 6.1699, 1.4823)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#891B18 #188689

analogous

#89184E #891B18 #895418

triadic

#891B18 #18891B #1B1889

tetradic

#891B18 #4E8918 #188689 #541889

square

#891B18 #4E8918 #188689 #541889

split-complementary

#891B18 #188954 #184E89

monochromatic

#210606 #55110F #891B18 #BD2521 #DD423E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#891B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#891B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #891B18

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##891B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##891B18	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #891b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 27, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.146 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46256',
    500: '#891b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #891b18;
$custom-light: #b46256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#891b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.593,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41257,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#891B18

secondary

#40B9BD

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #891B18

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

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