#8B1B34#8B1B34

#8B1B34 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.146 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B34
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 52)
HSL	hsl(347, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 62.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 47.18, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 49.39, 17.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1418 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.146 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.6604, 6.5225, 3.8931)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B34 #1B8B72

analogous

#8B1B6C #8B1B34 #8B3A1B

triadic

#8B1B34 #348B1B #1B348B

tetradic

#8B1B34 #6C8B1B #1B8B72 #3A1B8B

square

#8B1B34 #6C8B1B #1B8B72 #3A1B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B34 #1B8B3A #1B6C8B

monochromatic

#25070E #581121 #8B1B34 #BE2547 #DB4567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8B1B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1B34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B34

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B34	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.146 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3636b',
    500: '#8b1b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b34;
$custom-light: #b3636b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42108,
    "c": 0.1462,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B34

secondary

#45BCA2

accent

#EAC43D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B34

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

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