#8B1C1D#8B1C1D

#8B1C1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.146 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C1D
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 29)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.42, 45.65, 29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.42, 54.11, 32.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1317 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.146 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2858, 6.4100, 1.8052)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C1D #1C8B8A

analogous

#8B1C55 #8B1C1D #8B521C

triadic

#8B1C1D #1D8B1C #1C1D8B

tetradic

#8B1C1D #558B1C #1C8B8A #521C8B

square

#8B1C1D #558B1C #1C8B8A #521C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C1D #1C8B52 #1C558B

monochromatic

#250708 #581212 #8B1C1D #BE2628 #DA4749

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B1C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1C1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C1D

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C1D	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F381C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5018

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.146 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56359',
    500: '#8b1c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c1d;
$custom-light: #b56359;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41785,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C1D

secondary

#47BCBB

accent

#E9E83E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C1D

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

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