#8B1C22#8B1C22

#8B1C22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C22
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 34)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.49, 45.86, 26.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.49, 52.73, 29.58°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1335 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.146 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3528, 6.4368, 2.1577)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C22 #1C8B85

analogous

#8B1C59 #8B1C22 #8B4E1C

triadic

#8B1C22 #228B1C #1C228B

tetradic

#8B1C22 #598B1C #1C8B85 #4E1C8B

square

#8B1C22 #598B1C #1C8B85 #4E1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C22 #1C8B4E #1C598B

monochromatic

#250709 #581216 #8B1C22 #BE262E #DA474F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8B1C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C22

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C22	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635d',
    500: '#8b1c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c22;
$custom-light: #b5635d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41854,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C22

secondary

#47BCB6

accent

#E9E03E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C22

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

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