#8B161B#8B161B

#8B161B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B161B
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 27)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.77, 47.35, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.77, 55.82, 31.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.1366 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.151 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1336, 6.1437, 1.6363)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B161B #168B86

analogous

#8B1656 #8B161B #8B4C16

triadic

#8B161B #1B8B16 #161B8B

tetradic

#8B161B #568B16 #168B86 #4C168B

square

#8B161B #568B16 #168B86 #4C168B

split-complementary

#8B161B #168B4C #16568B

monochromatic

#210506 #560E11 #8B161B #C01E25 #E03B42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#8B161B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B161B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B161B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B161B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B161B	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C361A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b161b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66158',
    500: '#8b161b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b161b;
$custom-light: #b66158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b161b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41294,
    "c": 0.1511,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B161B

secondary

#3EBFB9

accent

#EFE838

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B161B

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

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