#8B1A22#8B1A22

#8B1A22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A22
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 34)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 46.48, 25.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 53.15, 29.01°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1355 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.147 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3069, 6.3450, 2.1424)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A22 #1A8B83

analogous

#8B1A5B #8B1A22 #8B4A1A

triadic

#8B1A22 #228B1A #1A228B

tetradic

#8B1A22 #5B8B1A #1A8B83 #4A1A8B

square

#8B1A22 #5B8B1A #1A8B83 #4A1A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A22 #1A8B4A #1A5B8B

monochromatic

#240709 #571015 #8B1A22 #BF242F #DC434E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8B1A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A22

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A22	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5625d',
    500: '#8b1a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a22;
$custom-light: #b5625d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.752,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41689,
    "c": 0.14748,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A22

secondary

#44BDB4

accent

#EBDF3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A22

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