#8B1618#8B1618

#8B1618 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1618
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.74, 47.25, 31.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.74, 56.69, 33.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.1356 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.151 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1006, 6.1306, 1.4628)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1618 #168B89

analogous

#8B1653 #8B1618 #8B4F16

triadic

#8B1618 #188B16 #16188B

tetradic

#8B1618 #538B16 #168B89 #4F168B

square

#8B1618 #538B16 #168B89 #4F168B

split-complementary

#8B1618 #168B4F #16538B

monochromatic

#210506 #560E0F #8B1618 #C01E21 #E03B3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#8B1618 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B1618 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1618

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1618	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1618	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1618;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66155',
    500: '#8b1618',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1618;
$custom-light: #b66155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1618",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41259,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1618

secondary

#3EBFBD

accent

#EFEC38

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1618

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

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