#8B1921#8B1921

#8B1921 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.148 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1921
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 33)
HSL	hsl(356, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 76.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.15, 46.74, 26.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.15, 53.61, 29.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.6% 0.1361 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(41.6% 0.148 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2709, 6.2958, 2.0603)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1921 #198B83

analogous

#8B195A #8B1921 #8B4A19

triadic

#8B1921 #218B19 #19218B

tetradic

#8B1921 #5A8B19 #198B83 #4A198B

square

#8B1921 #5A8B19 #198B83 #4A198B

split-complementary

#8B1921 #198B4A #195A8B

monochromatic

#230608 #571015 #8B1921 #BF222D #DD414C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#8B1921 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B1921 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1921

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1921	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1921	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1921;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.148 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625c',
    500: '#8b1921',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1921;
$custom-light: #b5625c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1921",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41596,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1921

secondary

#42BEB5

accent

#ECE03B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1921

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

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