#8B1A16#8B1A16

#8B1A16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.149 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A16
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 22)
HSL	hsl(2, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 46.04, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 56.55, 35.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.54% 0.1314 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(41.54% 0.149 28)
XYZ	xyz(11.1631, 6.2875, 1.3847)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A16 #16878B

analogous

#8B164D #8B1A16 #8B5516

triadic

#8B1A16 #168B1A #1A168B

tetradic

#8B1A16 #4D8B16 #16878B #55168B

square

#8B1A16 #4D8B16 #16878B #55168B

split-complementary

#8B1A16 #168B55 #164D8B

monochromatic

#210605 #56100E #8B1A16 #C0241E #E0413B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#8B1A16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B1A16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A16

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A16	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)

#3E3714

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.149 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66254',
    500: '#8b1a16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a16;
$custom-light: #b66254;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.051,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4154,
    "c": 0.14885,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.06286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A16

secondary

#3EBABF

accent

#E9EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A16

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

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