#8B1D16#8B1D16

#8B1D16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.147 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D16
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 22)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 45.09, 33.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 55.97, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.79% 0.1284 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(41.79% 0.147 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2330, 6.4274, 1.4081)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D16 #16848B

analogous

#8B164A #8B1D16 #8B5816

triadic

#8B1D16 #168B1D #1D168B

tetradic

#8B1D16 #4A8B16 #16848B #58168B

square

#8B1D16 #4A8B16 #16848B #58168B

split-complementary

#8B1D16 #168B58 #164A8B

monochromatic

#210705 #56120E #8B1D16 #C0281E #E0453B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#8B1D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D16

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D16	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5010

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.147 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66354',
    500: '#8b1d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d16;
$custom-light: #b66354;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.59,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41793,
    "c": 0.14656,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D16

secondary

#3EB7BF

accent

#E4EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D16

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

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