#8B1916#8B1916

#8B1916 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.150 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1916
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.02, 46.34, 32.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.02, 56.74, 35.24°)
OKLab	oklab(41.46% 0.1324 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(41.46% 0.15 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1413, 6.2440, 1.3775)
Luminance	0.0624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1916 #16888B

analogous

#8B164E #8B1916 #8B5416

triadic

#8B1916 #168B19 #19168B

tetradic

#8B1916 #4E8B16 #16888B #54168B

square

#8B1916 #4E8B16 #16888B #54168B

split-complementary

#8B1916 #168B54 #164E8B

monochromatic

#210605 #560F0E #8B1916 #C0231E #E0403B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#8B1916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B1916 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1916

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1916	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)

#3E3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.150 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66254',
    500: '#8b1916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1916;
$custom-light: #b66254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.538,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41461,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1916

secondary

#3EBBBF

accent

#EBEF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1916

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

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