#8B1D1E#8B1D1E

#8B1D1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D1E
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 30)
HSL	hsl(359, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 45.36, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 53.61, 32.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.131 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.146 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3225, 6.4632, 1.8794)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D1E #1D8B8A

analogous

#8B1D55 #8B1D1E #8B531D

triadic

#8B1D1E #1E8B1D #1D1E8B

tetradic

#8B1D1E #558B1D #1D8B8A #531D8B

square

#8B1D1E #558B1D #1D8B8A #531D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D1E #1D8B53 #1D558B

monochromatic

#260808 #581213 #8B1D1E #BE2829 #D9494B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8B1D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D1E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D1E	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A501A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645a',
    500: '#8b1d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d1e;
$custom-light: #b5645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41884,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D1E

secondary

#49BBBA

accent

#E8E73F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D1E

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

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