#8B1733#8B1733

#8B1733 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.149 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1733
RGB	rgb(139, 23, 51)
HSL	hsl(346, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.5%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 48.28, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 50.47, 16.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.1451 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.149 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5526, 6.3425, 3.7473)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1733 #178B6F

analogous

#8B176D #8B1733 #8B3517

triadic

#8B1733 #338B17 #17338B

tetradic

#8B1733 #6D8B17 #178B6F #35178B

square

#8B1733 #6D8B17 #178B6F #35178B

split-complementary

#8B1733 #178B35 #176D8B

monochromatic

#22060C #560E20 #8B1733 #C02046 #DF3D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8B1733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1733 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1733

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1733	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 23, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.149 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4626a',
    500: '#8b1733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1733;
$custom-light: #b4626a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.517,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41781,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1733

secondary

#3FBFA0

accent

#EEC339

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1733

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

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