#8B1B20#8B1B20

#8B1B20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B20
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 32)
HSL	hsl(357, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.35, 46.09, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.35, 53.48, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.1338 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.147 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3014, 6.3789, 2.0024)
Luminance	0.0638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B20 #1B8B86

analogous

#8B1B58 #8B1B20 #8B4E1B

triadic

#8B1B20 #208B1B #1B208B

tetradic

#8B1B20 #588B1B #1B8B86 #4E1B8B

square

#8B1B20 #588B1B #1B8B86 #4E1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B20 #1B8B4E #1B588B

monochromatic

#250708 #581114 #8B1B20 #BE252C #DB454C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.23

#8B1B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B20

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B20	1.00	9.23	2.28	9.23
#FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E381F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635b',
    500: '#8b1b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b20;
$custom-light: #b5635b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.321,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41742,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B20

secondary

#45BCB7

accent

#EAE33D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B20

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

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