#8B1C2D#8B1C2D

#8B1C2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C2D
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 46.42, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 50.23, 22.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1379 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.145 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5376, 6.5107, 3.1313)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C2D #1C8B7A

analogous

#8B1C64 #8B1C2D #8B431C

triadic

#8B1C2D #2D8B1C #1C2D8B

tetradic

#8B1C2D #648B1C #1C8B7A #431C8B

square

#8B1C2D #648B1C #1C8B7A #431C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C2D #1C8B43 #1C648B

monochromatic

#25070C #58121D #8B1C2D #BE263D #DA475E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8B1C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C2D

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C2D	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D392D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46465',
    500: '#8b1c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c2d;
$custom-light: #b46465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.811,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42042,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C2D

secondary

#47BCAA

accent

#E9CF3E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C2D

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

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