#8B1A27#8B1A27

#8B1A27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A27
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 39)
HSL	hsl(353, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.34, 46.72, 22.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.34, 51.93, 25.89°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1374 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.147 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3844, 6.3760, 2.5503)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A27 #1A8B7E

analogous

#8B1A60 #8B1A27 #8B451A

triadic

#8B1A27 #278B1A #1A278B

tetradic

#8B1A27 #608B1A #1A8B7E #451A8B

square

#8B1A27 #608B1A #1A8B7E #451A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A27 #1A8B45 #1A608B

monochromatic

#24070A #571019 #8B1A27 #BF2435 #DC4355

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8B1A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A27

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A27	1.00	9.23	2.27	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56361',
    500: '#8b1a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a27;
$custom-light: #b56361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.097,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41769,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A27

secondary

#44BDAF

accent

#EBD73C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A27

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

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