#8B1C26#8B1C26

#8B1C26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C26
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 38)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 46.05, 23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 51.73, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.135 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.146 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4139, 6.4612, 2.4795)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C26 #1C8B81

analogous

#8B1C5D #8B1C26 #8B4A1C

triadic

#8B1C26 #268B1C #1C268B

tetradic

#8B1C26 #5D8B1C #1C8B81 #4A1C8B

square

#8B1C26 #5D8B1C #1C8B81 #4A1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C26 #1C8B4A #1C5D8B

monochromatic

#25070A #581218 #8B1C26 #BE2634 #DA4755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8B1C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C26

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C26	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56360',
    500: '#8b1c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c26;
$custom-light: #b56360;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.595,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41916,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C26

secondary

#47BCB1

accent

#E9DA3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C26

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

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