#8B1A31#8B1A31

#8B1A31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.147 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A31
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 49)
HSL	hsl(348, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 47.29, 16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 50.04, 19.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1415 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.147 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5725, 6.4513, 3.5410)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A31 #1A8B74

analogous

#8B1A69 #8B1A31 #8B3C1A

triadic

#8B1A31 #318B1A #1A318B

tetradic

#8B1A31 #698B1A #1A8B74 #3C1A8B

square

#8B1A31 #698B1A #1A8B74 #3C1A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A31 #1A8B3C #1A698B

monochromatic

#24070D #57101F #8B1A31 #BF2443 #DC4363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8B1A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A31

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A31	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.147 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46368',
    500: '#8b1a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a31;
$custom-light: #b46368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.788,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41962,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A31

secondary

#44BDA4

accent

#EBC83C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A31

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

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