#8B1C27#8B1C27

#8B1C27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C27
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 39)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.56, 46.10, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.56, 51.49, 26.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.93% 0.1354 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(41.93% 0.145 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4302, 6.4677, 2.5656)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C27 #1C8B80

analogous

#8B1C5E #8B1C27 #8B481C

triadic

#8B1C27 #278B1C #1C278B

tetradic

#8B1C27 #5E8B1C #1C8B80 #481C8B

square

#8B1C27 #5E8B1C #1C8B80 #481C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C27 #1C8B48 #1C5E8B

monochromatic

#25070A #581219 #8B1C27 #BE2635 #DA4756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8B1C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C27

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C27	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)

#3D3926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46361',
    500: '#8b1c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c27;
$custom-light: #b46361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.054,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41933,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C27

secondary

#47BCB0

accent

#E9D83E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C27

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

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