#8B1B16#8B1B16

#8B1B16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.148 H 28.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B16
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 22)
HSL	hsl(3, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.24, 45.73, 32.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.24, 56.36, 35.77°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.1304 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.148 28.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1856, 6.3326, 1.3923)
Luminance	0.0633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B16 #16868B

analogous

#8B164C #8B1B16 #8B5616

triadic

#8B1B16 #168B1B #1B168B

tetradic

#8B1B16 #4C8B16 #16868B #56168B

square

#8B1B16 #4C8B16 #16868B #56168B

split-complementary

#8B1B16 #168B56 #164C8B

monochromatic

#210605 #56110E #8B1B16 #C0251E #E0423B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#8B1B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1B16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B16

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B16	1.00	9.27	2.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.148 28.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66354',
    500: '#8b1b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b16;
$custom-light: #b66354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.564,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41622,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 28.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B16

secondary

#3EB9BF

accent

#E8EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B16

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

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