#8B1A20#8B1A20

#8B1A20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.148 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A20
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 32)
HSL	hsl(357, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 46.40, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 53.68, 30.20°)
OKLab	oklab(41.66% 0.1347 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(41.66% 0.148 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2789, 6.3338, 1.9949)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A20 #1A8B85

analogous

#8B1A59 #8B1A20 #8B4C1A

triadic

#8B1A20 #208B1A #1A208B

tetradic

#8B1A20 #598B1A #1A8B85 #4C1A8B

square

#8B1A20 #598B1A #1A8B85 #4C1A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A20 #1A8B4C #1A598B

monochromatic

#240708 #571014 #8B1A20 #BF242C #DC434C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#8B1A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A20

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A20	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)

#3D381F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.148 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625b',
    500: '#8b1a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a20;
$custom-light: #b5625b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4166,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A20

secondary

#44BDB7

accent

#EBE23C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A20

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

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