#8B191B#8B191B

#8B191B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B191B
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 80.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.07, 46.50, 29.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.07, 55.27, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.1339 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.149 26)
XYZ	xyz(11.1943, 6.2652, 1.6566)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B191B #198B89

analogous

#8B1954 #8B191B #8B5019

triadic

#8B191B #1B8B19 #191B8B

tetradic

#8B191B #548B19 #198B89 #50198B

square

#8B191B #548B19 #198B89 #50198B

split-complementary

#8B191B #198B50 #19548B

monochromatic

#230607 #571011 #8B191B #BF2225 #DD4144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#8B191B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B191B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B191B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B191B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B191B	1.00	9.32	2.25	9.32
#FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595016

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b191b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56258',
    500: '#8b191b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b191b;
$custom-light: #b56258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b191b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41516,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.06263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B191B

secondary

#42BEBC

accent

#ECE93B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B191B

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

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