#8B1B2C#8B1B2C

#8B1B2C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B2C
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 44)
HSL	hsl(351, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 68.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.54, 46.68, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.54, 50.66, 22.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.1385 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.146 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4953, 6.4564, 3.0233)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B2C #1B8B7A

analogous

#8B1B64 #8B1B2C #8B421B

triadic

#8B1B2C #2C8B1B #1B2C8B

tetradic

#8B1B2C #648B1B #1B8B7A #421B8B

square

#8B1B2C #648B1B #1B8B7A #421B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B2C #1B8B42 #1B648B

monochromatic

#25070C #58111C #8B1B2C #BE253C #DB455C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8B1B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B2C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B2C	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C392C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46364',
    500: '#8b1b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b2c;
$custom-light: #b46364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.893,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B2C

secondary

#45BCAA

accent

#EAD03D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B2C

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

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