#8B1C28#8B1C28

#8B1C28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C28
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 46.15, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 51.26, 25.81°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1358 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.145 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4470, 6.4745, 2.6540)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C28 #1C8B7F

analogous

#8B1C5F #8B1C28 #8B481C

triadic

#8B1C28 #288B1C #1C288B

tetradic

#8B1C28 #5F8B1C #1C8B7F #481C8B

square

#8B1C28 #5F8B1C #1C8B7F #481C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C28 #1C8B48 #1C5F8B

monochromatic

#25070B #581219 #8B1C28 #BE2637 #DA4757

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C28

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C28	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46361',
    500: '#8b1c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c28;
$custom-light: #b46361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.514,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4195,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C28

secondary

#47BCAF

accent

#E9D73E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C28

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

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