#8B191C#8B191C

#8B191C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B191C
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 28)
HSL	hsl(358, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.08, 46.54, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.08, 54.99, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.53% 0.1343 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(41.53% 0.149 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2061, 6.2699, 1.7186)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B191C #198B88

analogous

#8B1955 #8B191C #8B4F19

triadic

#8B191C #1C8B19 #191C8B

tetradic

#8B191C #558B19 #198B88 #4F198B

square

#8B191C #558B19 #198B88 #4F198B

split-complementary

#8B191C #198B4F #19558B

monochromatic

#230607 #571012 #8B191C #BF2226 #DD4146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.32

#8B191C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B191C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B191C

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B191C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B191C	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)

#3D371B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b191c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56258',
    500: '#8b191c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b191c;
$custom-light: #b56258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b191c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.421,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41529,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B191C

secondary

#42BEBA

accent

#ECE83B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B191C

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

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