#8B1C32#8B1C32

#8B1C32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.145 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C32
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 50)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.76, 46.73, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.76, 49.40, 18.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1399 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.145 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6397, 6.5515, 3.6687)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C32 #1C8B75

analogous

#8B1C69 #8B1C32 #8B3D1C

triadic

#8B1C32 #328B1C #1C328B

tetradic

#8B1C32 #698B1C #1C8B75 #3D1C8B

square

#8B1C32 #698B1C #1C8B75 #3D1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C32 #1C8B3D #1C698B

monochromatic

#25070D #581220 #8B1C32 #BE2644 #DA4764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8B1C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1C32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C32

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C32	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.145 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46469',
    500: '#8b1c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c32;
$custom-light: #b46469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.108,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42146,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C32

secondary

#47BCA5

accent

#E9C83E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C32

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

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