#8B1B1D#8B1B1D

#8B1B1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B1D
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 29)
HSL	hsl(359, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.31, 45.97, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.31, 54.31, 32.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1327 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.147 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2625, 6.3633, 1.7974)
Luminance	0.0636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B1D #1B8B89

analogous

#8B1B55 #8B1B1D #8B511B

triadic

#8B1B1D #1D8B1B #1B1D8B

tetradic

#8B1B1D #558B1B #1B8B89 #511B8B

square

#8B1B1D #558B1B #1B8B89 #511B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B1D #1B8B51 #1B558B

monochromatic

#250708 #581112 #8B1B1D #BE2528 #DB4548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8B1B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B1D

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B1D	1.00	9.24	2.27	9.24
#FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56359',
    500: '#8b1b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b1d;
$custom-light: #b56359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.929,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41701,
    "c": 0.14723,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B1D

secondary

#45BCBA

accent

#EAE73D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B1D

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

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