#8B1C23#8B1C23

#8B1C23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C23
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 35)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 45.90, 25.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 52.47, 28.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.1339 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.146 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3674, 6.4426, 2.2348)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C23 #1C8B84

analogous

#8B1C5B #8B1C23 #8B4C1C

triadic

#8B1C23 #238B1C #1C238B

tetradic

#8B1C23 #5B8B1C #1C8B84 #4C1C8B

square

#8B1C23 #5B8B1C #1C8B84 #4C1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C23 #1C8B4C #1C5B8B

monochromatic

#250709 #581216 #8B1C23 #BE2630 #DA4751

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8B1C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C23

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C23	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)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635e',
    500: '#8b1c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c23;
$custom-light: #b5635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.216,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41869,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C23

secondary

#47BCB4

accent

#E9DF3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C23

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

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