#8B1A35#8B1A35

#8B1A35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.147 H 13.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A35
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 53)
HSL	hsl(346, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 47.55, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 49.52, 16.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1432 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.147 13.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.6607, 6.4865, 4.0055)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A35 #1A8B70

analogous

#8B1A6D #8B1A35 #8B381A

triadic

#8B1A35 #358B1A #1A358B

tetradic

#8B1A35 #6D8B1A #1A8B70 #381A8B

square

#8B1A35 #6D8B1A #1A8B70 #381A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A35 #1A8B38 #1A6D8B

monochromatic

#24070E #571021 #8B1A35 #BF2449 #DC4368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A35

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A35	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.147 13.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3636b',
    500: '#8b1a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a35;
$custom-light: #b3636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.664,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42052,
    "c": 0.14714,
    "h": 13.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A35

secondary

#44BDA0

accent

#EBC23C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A35

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

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