#8B1C33#8B1C33

#8B1C33 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.145 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C33
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 51)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 63.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 46.80, 15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 49.26, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1403 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.145 15)
XYZ	xyz(11.6615, 6.5602, 3.7835)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C33 #1C8B74

analogous

#8B1C6A #8B1C33 #8B3D1C

triadic

#8B1C33 #338B1C #1C338B

tetradic

#8B1C33 #6A8B1C #1C8B74 #3D1C8B

square

#8B1C33 #6A8B1C #1C8B74 #3D1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C33 #1C8B3D #1C6A8B

monochromatic

#25070E #581220 #8B1C33 #BE2646 #DA4766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8B1C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1C33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C33

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C33	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.145 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4646a',
    500: '#8b1c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c33;
$custom-light: #b4646a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.568,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42168,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.06558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C33

secondary

#47BCA4

accent

#E9C63E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C33

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

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