#8B161C#8B161C

#8B161C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B161C
RGB	rgb(139, 22, 28)
HSL	hsl(357, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.2%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 47.39, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 55.54, 31.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.137 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.151 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.1453, 6.1484, 1.6983)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B161C #168B85

analogous

#8B1657 #8B161C #8B4B16

triadic

#8B161C #1C8B16 #161C8B

tetradic

#8B161C #578B16 #168B85 #4B168B

square

#8B161C #578B16 #168B85 #4B168B

split-complementary

#8B161C #168B4B #16578B

monochromatic

#210507 #560E11 #8B161C #C01E27 #E03B44

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#8B161C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B161C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B161C

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B161C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B161C	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)

#3C361B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F17

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b161c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 22, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66158',
    500: '#8b161c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b161c;
$custom-light: #b66158;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b161c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41306,
    "c": 0.15099,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B161C

secondary

#3EBFB8

accent

#EFE638

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B161C

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

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