#8B181E#8B181E

#8B181E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B181E
RGB	rgb(139, 24, 30)
HSL	hsl(357, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 46.91, 27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 54.62, 30.82°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.1359 0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.149 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2098, 6.2378, 1.8418)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B181E #188B85

analogous

#8B1857 #8B181E #8B4C18

triadic

#8B181E #1E8B18 #181E8B

tetradic

#8B181E #578B18 #188B85 #4C188B

square

#8B181E #578B18 #188B85 #4C188B

split-complementary

#8B181E #188B4C #18578B

monochromatic

#230607 #570F13 #8B181E #BF2129 #DE3F48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#8B181E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B181E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B181E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B181E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B181E	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b181e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 24, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625a',
    500: '#8b181e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b181e;
$custom-light: #b5625a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b181e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41478,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B181E

secondary

#40BEB8

accent

#EDE43A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B181E

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

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