#8B1C19#8B1C19

#8B1C19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.147 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C19
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 45.51, 31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 55.27, 34.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.1304 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.147 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2396, 6.3915, 1.5614)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C19 #19888B

analogous

#8B194F #8B1C19 #8B5519

triadic

#8B1C19 #198B1C #1C198B

tetradic

#8B1C19 #4F8B19 #19888B #55198B

square

#8B1C19 #4F8B19 #19888B #55198B

split-complementary

#8B1C19 #198B55 #194F8B

monochromatic

#230706 #571210 #8B1C19 #BF2622 #DD4641

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8B1C19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1C19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C19

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C19	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.147 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66356',
    500: '#8b1c19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c19;
$custom-light: #b66356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41738,
    "c": 0.14695,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C19

secondary

#42BABE

accent

#E8EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C19

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

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