#891C18#891C18

#891C18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.145 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#891C18
RGB	rgb(137, 28, 24)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 82.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.95, 44.84, 31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.95, 54.73, 35.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.1283 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.145 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8980, 6.2166, 1.4901)
Luminance	0.0621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#891C18 #188589

analogous

#89184D #891C18 #895518

triadic

#891C18 #18891C #1C1889

tetradic

#891C18 #4D8918 #188589 #551889

square

#891C18 #4D8918 #188589 #551889

split-complementary

#891C18 #188955 #184D89

monochromatic

#210706 #55110F #891C18 #BD2721 #DD443E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.36

#891C18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#891C18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #891C18

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##891C18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##891C18	1.00	9.36	2.24	9.36
#FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #891c18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 28, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.145 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46356',
    500: '#891c18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #891c18;
$custom-light: #b46356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#891c18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.124,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41343,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#891C18

secondary

#40B8BD

accent

#E7ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #891C18

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

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