#8B1924#8B1924

#8B1924 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.148 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1924
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 36)
HSL	hsl(354, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.19, 46.87, 24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.19, 52.85, 27.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.64% 0.1372 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(41.64% 0.148 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3149, 6.3134, 2.2916)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1924 #198B80

analogous

#8B195D #8B1924 #8B4719

triadic

#8B1924 #248B19 #19248B

tetradic

#8B1924 #5D8B19 #198B80 #47198B

square

#8B1924 #5D8B19 #198B80 #47198B

split-complementary

#8B1924 #198B47 #195D8B

monochromatic

#230609 #571017 #8B1924 #BF2231 #DD4150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#8B1924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B1924 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1924

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1924	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.148 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625e',
    500: '#8b1924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1924;
$custom-light: #b5625e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.211,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41641,
    "c": 0.14808,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1924

secondary

#42BEB2

accent

#ECDB3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1924

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

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