#8B1B30#8B1B30

#8B1B30 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.146 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B30
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 48)
HSL	hsl(349, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 65.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 46.92, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 49.95, 20.08°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1401 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.146 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5741, 6.4880, 3.4386)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B30 #1B8B76

analogous

#8B1B68 #8B1B30 #8B3E1B

triadic

#8B1B30 #308B1B #1B308B

tetradic

#8B1B30 #688B1B #1B8B76 #3E1B8B

square

#8B1B30 #688B1B #1B8B76 #3E1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B30 #1B8B3E #1B688B

monochromatic

#25070D #58111E #8B1B30 #BE2542 #DB4561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1B30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B30

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B30	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.146 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46368',
    500: '#8b1b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b30;
$custom-light: #b46368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42021,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B30

secondary

#45BCA6

accent

#EACA3D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B30

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

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