#8B1617#8B1617

#8B1617 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.152 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8B1617
RGBrgb(139, 22, 23)
HSLhsl(359, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(359, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 84.2%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(29.73, 47.22, 31.89)
CIE-LCHlch(29.73, 56.98, 34.03°)
OKLaboklab(41.25% 0.1353 0.0682)
OKLCHoklch(41.25% 0.152 26.8)
XYZxyz(11.0904, 6.1265, 1.4090)
Luminance0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8B1617 #168B8A
analogous
#8B1652 #8B1617 #8B5016
triadic
#8B1617 #178B16 #16178B
tetradic
#8B1617 #528B16 #168B8A #50168B
square
#8B1617 #528B16 #168B8A #50168B
split-complementary
#8B1617 #168B50 #16528B
monochromatic
#210506 #560E0E #8B1617 #C01E20 #E03B3D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44
#8B1617 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23
#8B1617 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1617
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8B1617#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##8B16171.009.442.239.44
#FFFFFF9.441.0021.001.00
#0000002.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.441.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3D3615
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#594F11
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#9A0018
Achromatopsia (no color)
#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8b1617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.152 26.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66155',
    500: '#8b1617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8b1617;
$custom-light: #b66155;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8b1617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.487,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41249,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8B1617
secondary
#3EBFBE
accent
#EFEE38
background
#FCF6F4
surface
#F8EBE8
border
#D1C6C4
text
#130503
muted
#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1617

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#8B1617 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva