#8B1A34#8B1A34

#8B1A34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.147 H 13.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A34
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 52)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 47.48, 14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 49.64, 16.95°)
OKLab	oklab(42.03% 0.1427 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(42.03% 0.147 13.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6379, 6.4774, 3.8856)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A34 #1A8B71

analogous

#8B1A6C #8B1A34 #8B391A

triadic

#8B1A34 #348B1A #1A348B

tetradic

#8B1A34 #6C8B1A #1A8B71 #391A8B

square

#8B1A34 #6C8B1A #1A8B71 #391A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A34 #1A8B39 #1A6C8B

monochromatic

#24070D #571021 #8B1A34 #BF2447 #DC4367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A34

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A34	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.147 13.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4636b',
    500: '#8b1a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a34;
$custom-light: #b4636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.195,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42029,
    "c": 0.14707,
    "h": 13.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A34

secondary

#44BDA1

accent

#EBC33C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A34

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

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