#8B1B1E#8B1B1E

#8B1B1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B1E
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 30)
HSL	hsl(358, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.32, 46.01, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.32, 54.03, 31.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.71% 0.1331 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(41.71% 0.147 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2751, 6.3684, 1.8636)
Luminance	0.0637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B1E #1B8B88

analogous

#8B1B56 #8B1B1E #8B501B

triadic

#8B1B1E #1E8B1B #1B1E8B

tetradic

#8B1B1E #568B1B #1B8B88 #501B8B

square

#8B1B1E #568B1B #1B8B88 #501B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B1E #1B8B50 #1B568B

monochromatic

#250708 #581113 #8B1B1E #BE2529 #DB4549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.24

#8B1B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8B1B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B1E

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B1E	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)

#3E381D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5019

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635a',
    500: '#8b1b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b1e;
$custom-light: #b5635a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.393,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41714,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B1E

secondary

#45BCB9

accent

#EAE63D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B1E

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

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