#8B1A25#8B1A25

#8B1A25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A25
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 37)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 46.62, 23.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 52.40, 27.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.1366 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.147 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3521, 6.3631, 2.3804)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A25 #1A8B80

analogous

#8B1A5E #8B1A25 #8B471A

triadic

#8B1A25 #258B1A #1A258B

tetradic

#8B1A25 #5E8B1A #1A8B80 #471A8B

square

#8B1A25 #5E8B1A #1A8B80 #471A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A25 #1A8B47 #1A5E8B

monochromatic

#24070A #571017 #8B1A25 #BF2433 #DC4352

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8B1A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A25

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A25	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635f',
    500: '#8b1a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a25;
$custom-light: #b5635f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.159,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41736,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A25

secondary

#44BDB1

accent

#EBDA3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A25

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

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