#8B1716#8B1716

#8B1716 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1716
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 46.91, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 57.10, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.1342 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.151 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1001, 6.1615, 1.3637)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1716 #168A8B

analogous

#8B1650 #8B1716 #8B5216

triadic

#8B1716 #168B17 #17168B

tetradic

#8B1716 #508B16 #168A8B #52168B

square

#8B1716 #508B16 #168A8B #52168B

split-complementary

#8B1716 #168B52 #16508B

monochromatic

#210605 #560E0E #8B1716 #C0201E #E03D3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#8B1716 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8B1716 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1716

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1716	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1716	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F10

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1716;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66154',
    500: '#8b1716',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1716;
$custom-light: #b66154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1716",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.513,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4131,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1716

secondary

#3EBEBF

accent

#EEEF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1716

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

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