#8B1A19#8B1A19

#8B1A19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.148 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A19
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 25)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.16, 46.13, 31.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.16, 55.66, 34.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.1323 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.148 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.1937, 6.2998, 1.5461)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A19 #198A8B

analogous

#8B1951 #8B1A19 #8B5319

triadic

#8B1A19 #198B1A #1A198B

tetradic

#8B1A19 #518B19 #198A8B #53198B

square

#8B1A19 #518B19 #198A8B #53198B

split-complementary

#8B1A19 #198B53 #19518B

monochromatic

#230706 #571010 #8B1A19 #BF2422 #DD4341

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#8B1A19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8B1A19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A19

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A19	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)

#3E3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.148 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66256',
    500: '#8b1a19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a19;
$custom-light: #b66256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41572,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.06298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A19

secondary

#42BDBE

accent

#EBEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A19

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

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