#8B1923#8B1923

#8B1923 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.148 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1923
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.18, 46.83, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.18, 53.10, 28.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.63% 0.1368 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.63% 0.148 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2998, 6.3074, 2.2122)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1923 #198B81

analogous

#8B195C #8B1923 #8B4819

triadic

#8B1923 #238B19 #19238B

tetradic

#8B1923 #5C8B19 #198B81 #48198B

square

#8B1923 #5C8B19 #198B81 #48198B

split-complementary

#8B1923 #198B48 #195C8B

monochromatic

#230609 #571016 #8B1923 #BF2230 #DD414F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#8B1923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B1923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1923

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1923	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.148 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625e',
    500: '#8b1923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1923;
$custom-light: #b5625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41626,
    "c": 0.14816,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1923

secondary

#42BEB3

accent

#ECDD3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1923

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

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