#8B1A23#8B1A23

#8B1A23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A23
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 35)
HSL	hsl(355, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 46.53, 25.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 52.89, 28.40°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1359 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.147 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3216, 6.3509, 2.2195)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A23 #1A8B82

analogous

#8B1A5C #8B1A23 #8B491A

triadic

#8B1A23 #238B1A #1A238B

tetradic

#8B1A23 #5C8B1A #1A8B82 #491A8B

square

#8B1A23 #5C8B1A #1A8B82 #491A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A23 #1A8B49 #1A5C8B

monochromatic

#240709 #571016 #8B1A23 #BF2430 #DC4350

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8B1A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A23

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A23	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635e',
    500: '#8b1a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a23;
$custom-light: #b5635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.221,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41704,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A23

secondary

#44BDB3

accent

#EBDD3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A23

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

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