#8B1A26#8B1A26

#8B1A26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A26
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 38)
HSL	hsl(354, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.33, 46.67, 23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.33, 52.16, 26.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.137 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.147 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3680, 6.3695, 2.4642)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A26 #1A8B7F

analogous

#8B1A5F #8B1A26 #8B461A

triadic

#8B1A26 #268B1A #1A268B

tetradic

#8B1A26 #5F8B1A #1A8B7F #461A8B

square

#8B1A26 #5F8B1A #1A8B7F #461A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A26 #1A8B46 #1A5F8B

monochromatic

#24070A #571018 #8B1A26 #BF2434 #DC4354

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8B1A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A26

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A26	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)

#3D3825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56360',
    500: '#8b1a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a26;
$custom-light: #b56360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.628,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41752,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A26

secondary

#44BDB0

accent

#EBD93C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A26

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

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