#8B1D19#8B1D19

#8B1D19 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.146 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D19
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 25)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 82%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 45.18, 31.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 55.07, 34.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.82% 0.1293 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(41.82% 0.146 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2637, 6.4397, 1.5694)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D19 #19878B

analogous

#8B194E #8B1D19 #8B5619

triadic

#8B1D19 #198B1D #1D198B

tetradic

#8B1D19 #4E8B19 #19878B #56198B

square

#8B1D19 #4E8B19 #19878B #56198B

split-complementary

#8B1D19 #198B56 #194E8B

monochromatic

#230706 #571210 #8B1D19 #BF2822 #DD4741

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#8B1D19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1D19 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D19

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D19	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5014

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.146 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56356',
    500: '#8b1d19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d19;
$custom-light: #b56356;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.105,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41824,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D19

secondary

#42B9BE

accent

#E6EC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D19

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

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