#8B1B26#8B1B26

#8B1B26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.146 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B26
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 38)
HSL	hsl(354, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, 46.36, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 51.95, 26.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.136 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.146 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3906, 6.4146, 2.4717)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B26 #1B8B80

analogous

#8B1B5E #8B1B26 #8B481B

triadic

#8B1B26 #268B1B #1B268B

tetradic

#8B1B26 #5E8B1B #1B8B80 #481B8B

square

#8B1B26 #5E8B1B #1B8B80 #481B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B26 #1B8B48 #1B5E8B

monochromatic

#25070A #581118 #8B1B26 #BE2534 #DB4554

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B1B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B26

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B26	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.146 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56360',
    500: '#8b1b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b26;
$custom-light: #b56360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.107,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41833,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B26

secondary

#45BCB1

accent

#EAD93D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B26

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

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