#8B191F#8B191F

#8B191F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.149 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B191F
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 31)
HSL	hsl(357, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.12, 46.65, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.12, 54.15, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1353 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.149 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2438, 6.2850, 1.9172)
Luminance	0.0628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B191F #198B85

analogous

#8B1958 #8B191F #8B4C19

triadic

#8B191F #1F8B19 #191F8B

tetradic

#8B191F #588B19 #198B85 #4C198B

square

#8B191F #588B19 #198B85 #4C198B

split-complementary

#8B191F #198B4C #19588B

monochromatic

#230608 #571013 #8B191F #BF222B #DD414A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.31

#8B191F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B191F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B191F

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B191F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B191F	1.00	9.31	2.26	9.31
#FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b191f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.149 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625b',
    500: '#8b191f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b191f;
$custom-light: #b5625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b191f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41568,
    "c": 0.14853,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B191F

secondary

#42BEB7

accent

#ECE33B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B191F

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

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