#8B1C29#8B1C29

#8B1C29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C29
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 41)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 46.20, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 51.04, 25.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1362 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.145 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4642, 6.4813, 2.7448)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C29 #1C8B7E

analogous

#8B1C60 #8B1C29 #8B461C

triadic

#8B1C29 #298B1C #1C298B

tetradic

#8B1C29 #608B1C #1C8B7E #461C8B

square

#8B1C29 #608B1C #1C8B7E #461C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C29 #1C8B46 #1C608B

monochromatic

#25070B #58121A #8B1C29 #BE2638 #DA4759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C29

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C29	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46362',
    500: '#8b1c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c29;
$custom-light: #b46362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.973,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41968,
    "c": 0.14533,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C29

secondary

#47BCAE

accent

#E9D53E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C29

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

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