#8B1B24#8B1B24

#8B1B24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B24
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 36)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.40, 46.27, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.40, 52.43, 28.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.8% 0.1353 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(41.8% 0.147 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3592, 6.4020, 2.3063)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B24 #1B8B82

analogous

#8B1B5C #8B1B24 #8B4A1B

triadic

#8B1B24 #248B1B #1B248B

tetradic

#8B1B24 #5C8B1B #1B8B82 #4A1B8B

square

#8B1B24 #5C8B1B #1B8B82 #4A1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B24 #1B8B4A #1B5C8B

monochromatic

#250709 #581117 #8B1B24 #BE2531 #DB4551

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8B1B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B24

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B24	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635e',
    500: '#8b1b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b24;
$custom-light: #b5635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.179,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41801,
    "c": 0.14651,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B24

secondary

#45BCB3

accent

#EADC3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B24

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

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