#8B1D14#8B1D14

#8B1D14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D14
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 20)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 45.03, 34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 56.57, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.1278 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.147 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2145, 6.4200, 1.3104)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D14 #14828B

analogous

#8B1446 #8B1D14 #8B5814

triadic

#8B1D14 #148B1D #1D148B

tetradic

#8B1D14 #468B14 #14828B #58148B

square

#8B1D14 #468B14 #14828B #58148B

split-complementary

#8B1D14 #148B58 #14468B

monochromatic

#200705 #55120C #8B1D14 #C1281C #E24437

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8B1D14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8B1D14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D14

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D14	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B500E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66353',
    500: '#8b1d14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d14;
$custom-light: #b66353;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.538,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41774,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D14

secondary

#3CB5BF

accent

#E3F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D14

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

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