#8B1B33#8B1B33

#8B1B33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.146 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B33
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 51)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 47.11, 15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 49.52, 17.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1413 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.146 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6382, 6.5136, 3.7758)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B33 #1B8B73

analogous

#8B1B6B #8B1B33 #8B3B1B

triadic

#8B1B33 #338B1B #1B338B

tetradic

#8B1B33 #6B8B1B #1B8B73 #3B1B8B

square

#8B1B33 #6B8B1B #1B8B73 #3B1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B33 #1B8B3B #1B6B8B

monochromatic

#25070D #581120 #8B1B33 #BE2546 #DB4565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8B1B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1B33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B33

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B33	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.146 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4636a',
    500: '#8b1b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b33;
$custom-light: #b4636a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.143,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42086,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B33

secondary

#45BCA3

accent

#EAC53D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B33

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

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