#8B1C25#8B1C25

#8B1C25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C25
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 37)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 46.00, 24.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 51.97, 27.73°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.1347 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.146 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3980, 6.4548, 2.3957)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C25 #1C8B82

analogous

#8B1C5C #8B1C25 #8B4A1C

triadic

#8B1C25 #258B1C #1C258B

tetradic

#8B1C25 #5C8B1C #1C8B82 #4A1C8B

square

#8B1C25 #5C8B1C #1C8B82 #4A1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C25 #1C8B4A #1C5C8B

monochromatic

#25070A #581217 #8B1C25 #BE2633 #DA4753

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8B1C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C25

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C25	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)

#3E3924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595021

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5635f',
    500: '#8b1c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c25;
$custom-light: #b5635f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.419,
    "c": 0.14561,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C25

secondary

#47BCB2

accent

#E9DC3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C25

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

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