#8B1927#8B1927

#8B1927 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.148 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1927
RGB	rgb(139, 25, 39)
HSL	hsl(353, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 47.02, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 52.14, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1384 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.148 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3626, 6.3325, 2.5431)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1927 #198B7D

analogous

#8B1960 #8B1927 #8B4419

triadic

#8B1927 #278B19 #19278B

tetradic

#8B1927 #608B19 #198B7D #44198B

square

#8B1927 #608B19 #198B7D #44198B

split-complementary

#8B1927 #198B44 #19608B

monochromatic

#23060A #571018 #8B1927 #BF2236 #DD4155

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#8B1927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1927 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1927

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1927	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 25, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.148 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56261',
    500: '#8b1927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1927;
$custom-light: #b56261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.632,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41691,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1927

secondary

#42BEAF

accent

#ECD73B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130605

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1927

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

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