#8B1918#8B1918

#8B1918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1918
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 24)
HSL	hsl(1, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 46.40, 31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 56.15, 34.27°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.133 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.149 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.1613, 6.2520, 1.4831)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1918 #188A8B

analogous

#8B1851 #8B1918 #8B5318

triadic

#8B1918 #188B19 #19188B

tetradic

#8B1918 #518B18 #188A8B #53188B

square

#8B1918 #518B18 #188A8B #53188B

split-complementary

#8B1918 #188B53 #18518B

monochromatic

#230606 #57100F #8B1918 #BF2221 #DE413F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#8B1918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B1918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1918

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1918	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66256',
    500: '#8b1918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1918;
$custom-light: #b66256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41482,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1918

secondary

#40BDBE

accent

#ECED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1918

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

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