#8B1B36#8B1B36

#8B1B36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.146 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1B36
RGB	rgb(139, 27, 54)
HSL	hsl(346, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.6%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 47.31, 13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 49.16, 15.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1426 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.146 13)
XYZ	xyz(11.7064, 6.5409, 4.1354)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1B36 #1B8B70

analogous

#8B1B6E #8B1B36 #8B381B

triadic

#8B1B36 #368B1B #1B368B

tetradic

#8B1B36 #6E8B1B #1B8B70 #381B8B

square

#8B1B36 #6E8B1B #1B8B70 #381B8B

split-complementary

#8B1B36 #1B8B38 #1B6E8B

monochromatic

#25070E #581122 #8B1B36 #BE254A #DB4569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8B1B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1B36

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1B36	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 27, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.146 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3636c',
    500: '#8b1b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1b36;
$custom-light: #b3636c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42155,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.06539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1B36

secondary

#45BCA0

accent

#EAC13D

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1B36

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

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