#8B1816#8B1816

#8B1816 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1816
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 22)
HSL	hsl(1, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 46.63, 32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 56.92, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.1333 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.15 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1203, 6.2020, 1.3705)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1816 #16898B

analogous

#8B164F #8B1816 #8B5316

triadic

#8B1816 #168B18 #18168B

tetradic

#8B1816 #4F8B16 #16898B #53168B

square

#8B1816 #4F8B16 #16898B #53168B

split-complementary

#8B1816 #168B53 #164F8B

monochromatic

#210605 #560F0E #8B1816 #C0211E #E03E3B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#8B1816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8B1816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1816

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1816	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	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: #8b1816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66154',
    500: '#8b1816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1816;
$custom-light: #b66154;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.026,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41384,
    "c": 0.15029,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1816

secondary

#3EBDBF

accent

#ECEF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1816

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

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