#8B1C24#8B1C24

#8B1C24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C24
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 36)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 45.95, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 52.22, 28.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1343 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.146 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3825, 6.4486, 2.3141)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C24 #1C8B83

analogous

#8B1C5B #8B1C24 #8B4C1C

triadic

#8B1C24 #248B1C #1C248B

tetradic

#8B1C24 #5B8B1C #1C8B83 #4C1C8B

square

#8B1C24 #5B8B1C #1C8B83 #4C1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C24 #1C8B4C #1C5B8B

monochromatic

#25070A #581217 #8B1C24 #BE2631 #DA4752

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8B1C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C24

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C24	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635e',
    500: '#8b1c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c24;
$custom-light: #b5635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.676,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41884,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C24

secondary

#47BCB3

accent

#E9DD3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C24

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

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