#8B1A36#8B1A36

#8B1A36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.147 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1A36
RGB	rgb(139, 26, 54)
HSL	hsl(345, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(345, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.3%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 47.62, 13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 49.42, 15.51°)
OKLab	oklab(42.08% 0.1436 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(42.08% 0.147 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6839, 6.4958, 4.1279)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1A36 #1A8B6F

analogous

#8B1A6E #8B1A36 #8B371A

triadic

#8B1A36 #368B1A #1A368B

tetradic

#8B1A36 #6E8B1A #1A8B6F #371A8B

square

#8B1A36 #6E8B1A #1A8B6F #371A8B

split-complementary

#8B1A36 #1A8B37 #1A6E8B

monochromatic

#24070E #571022 #8B1A36 #BF244A #DC4369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1A36

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1A36	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)

#3A3936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 26, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.147 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3636c',
    500: '#8b1a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1a36;
$custom-light: #b3636c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.133,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42075,
    "c": 0.14722,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1A36

secondary

#44BD9F

accent

#EBC03C

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1A36

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

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