#8B1616#8B1616

#8B1616 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.152 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1616
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 22)
HSL	hsl(0, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.72, 47.19, 32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.72, 57.27, 34.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.135 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.152 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.0806, 6.1225, 1.3572)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1616 #168B8B

analogous

#8B1651 #8B1616 #8B5116

triadic

#8B1616 #168B16 #16168B

tetradic

#8B1616 #518B16 #168B8B #51168B

square

#8B1616 #518B16 #168B8B #51168B

split-complementary

#8B1616 #168B51 #16518B

monochromatic

#210505 #560E0E #8B1616 #C01E1E #E03B3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#8B1616 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8B1616 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1616

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1616	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1616	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0018

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1616;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.152 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66154',
    500: '#8b1616',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1616;
$custom-light: #b66154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1616",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41238,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1616

secondary

#3EBFBF

accent

#EFEF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1616

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

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