#8B1B22#8B1B22

#8B1B22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B22
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 34)
HSL	hsl(356, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 46.17, 25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 52.94, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1345 0.0585)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.147 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3295, 6.3901, 2.1499)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B22 #1B8B84

analogous

#8B1B5A #8B1B22 #8B4C1B

triadic

#8B1B22 #228B1B #1B228B

tetradic

#8B1B22 #5A8B1B #1B8B84 #4C1B8B

square

#8B1B22 #5A8B1B #1B8B84 #4C1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B22 #1B8B4C #1B5A8B

monochromatic

#250709 #581115 #8B1B22 #BE252F #DB454F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8B1B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B22

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B22	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635d',
    500: '#8b1b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b22;
$custom-light: #b5635d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4177,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B22

secondary

#45BCB5

accent

#EAE03D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B22

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

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