#8B1B32#8B1B32

#8B1B32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.146 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B32
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 50)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 47.04, 15.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 49.65, 18.66°)
OKLab	oklab(42.06% 0.1409 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(42.06% 0.146 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6163, 6.5049, 3.6609)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B32 #1B8B74

analogous

#8B1B6A #8B1B32 #8B3C1B

triadic

#8B1B32 #328B1B #1B328B

tetradic

#8B1B32 #6A8B1B #1B8B74 #3C1B8B

square

#8B1B32 #6A8B1B #1B8B74 #3C1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B32 #1B8B3C #1B6A8B

monochromatic

#25070D #581120 #8B1B32 #BE2544 #DB4564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8B1B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B32

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B32	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58502F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.146 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46369',
    500: '#8b1b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b32;
$custom-light: #b46369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.679,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42063,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B32

secondary

#45BCA4

accent

#EAC73D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B32

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

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