#8B1B19#8B1B19

#8B1B19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.148 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B19
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 25)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 45.82, 31.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 55.47, 34.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.1314 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.148 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.2162, 6.3448, 1.5536)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B19 #19898B

analogous

#8B1950 #8B1B19 #8B5419

triadic

#8B1B19 #198B1B #1B198B

tetradic

#8B1B19 #508B19 #19898B #54198B

square

#8B1B19 #508B19 #19898B #54198B

split-complementary

#8B1B19 #198B54 #19508B

monochromatic

#230706 #571110 #8B1B19 #BF2522 #DD4441

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8B1B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1B19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B19

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B19	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.148 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66356',
    500: '#8b1b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b19;
$custom-light: #b66356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41654,
    "c": 0.14772,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B19

secondary

#42BCBE

accent

#E9EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B19

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

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