#8B1919#8B1919

#8B1919 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1919
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 25)
HSL	hsl(0, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 46.43, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 55.85, 33.76°)
OKLab	oklab(41.49% 0.1333 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(41.49% 0.149 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.1719, 6.2562, 1.5388)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1919 #198B8B

analogous

#8B1952 #8B1919 #8B5219

triadic

#8B1919 #198B19 #19198B

tetradic

#8B1919 #528B19 #198B8B #52198B

square

#8B1919 #528B19 #198B8B #52198B

split-complementary

#8B1919 #198B52 #19528B

monochromatic

#230606 #571010 #8B1919 #BF2222 #DD4141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#8B1919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B1919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1919

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1919	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)

#3E3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66256',
    500: '#8b1919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1919;
$custom-light: #b66256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41493,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1919

secondary

#42BEBE

accent

#ECEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1919

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

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