#8B1C35#8B1C35

#8B1C35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.145 H 13.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1C35
RGB	rgb(139, 28, 53)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 46.93, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 49.01, 16.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1412 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.145 13.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.7065, 6.5783, 4.0208)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1C35 #1C8B72

analogous

#8B1C6D #8B1C35 #8B3A1C

triadic

#8B1C35 #358B1C #1C358B

tetradic

#8B1C35 #6D8B1C #1C8B72 #3A1C8B

square

#8B1C35 #6D8B1C #1C8B72 #3A1C8B

split-complementary

#8B1C35 #1C8B3A #1C6D8B

monochromatic

#25070E #581222 #8B1C35 #BE2648 #DA4768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8B1C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1C35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1C35

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1C35	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 28, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.145 13.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3646b',
    500: '#8b1c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1c35;
$custom-light: #b3646b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.486,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42213,
    "c": 0.14536,
    "h": 13.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1C35

secondary

#47BCA2

accent

#E9C33E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1C35

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