#8B161A#8B161A

#8B161A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B161A
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(358, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 81.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 47.32, 30.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 56.11, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.1363 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.151 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1222, 6.1392, 1.5764)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B161A #168B87

analogous

#8B1655 #8B161A #8B4D16

triadic

#8B161A #1A8B16 #161A8B

tetradic

#8B161A #558B16 #168B87 #4D168B

square

#8B161A #558B16 #168B87 #4D168B

split-complementary

#8B161A #168B4D #16558B

monochromatic

#210506 #560E10 #8B161A #C01E24 #E03B41

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#8B161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B161A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B161A	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)

#3C3619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66157',
    500: '#8b161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b161a;
$custom-light: #b66157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41282,
    "c": 0.1512,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B161A

secondary

#3EBFBA

accent

#EFE938

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B161A

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

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