#8B191D#8B191D

#8B191D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B191D
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 29)
HSL	hsl(358, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(358, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.10, 46.58, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.10, 54.70, 31.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.1346 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.149 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2182, 6.2747, 1.7826)
Luminance	0.0627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B191D #198B87

analogous

#8B1956 #8B191D #8B4E19

triadic

#8B191D #1D8B19 #191D8B

tetradic

#8B191D #568B19 #198B87 #4E198B

square

#8B191D #568B19 #198B87 #4E198B

split-complementary

#8B191D #198B4E #19568B

monochromatic

#230607 #571012 #8B191D #BF2228 #DD4147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#8B191D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8B191D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B191D

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B191D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B191D	1.00	9.31	2.25	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b191d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56259',
    500: '#8b191d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b191d;
$custom-light: #b56259;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b191d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.895,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41541,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B191D

secondary

#42BEB9

accent

#ECE63B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B191D

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

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