#8B1D1C#8B1D1C

#8B1D1C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D1C
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 28)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 79.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 45.29, 29.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 54.19, 33.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1303 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.146 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2978, 6.4533, 1.7491)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D1C #1C8A8B

analogous

#8B1C52 #8B1D1C #8B551C

triadic

#8B1D1C #1C8B1D #1D1C8B

tetradic

#8B1D1C #528B1C #1C8A8B #551C8B

square

#8B1D1C #528B1C #1C8A8B #551C8B

split-complementary

#8B1D1C #1C8B55 #1C528B

monochromatic

#250807 #581212 #8B1D1C #BE2826 #DA4947

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8B1D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1D1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D1C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D1C	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5017

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56459',
    500: '#8b1d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d1c;
$custom-light: #b56459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.541,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41859,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D1C

secondary

#47BBBC

accent

#E8E93E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D1C

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

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