#8B1D20#8B1D20

#8B1D20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D20
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 32)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 45.45, 27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 53.05, 31.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.1317 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.145 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3489, 6.4738, 2.0182)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D20 #1D8B88

analogous

#8B1D57 #8B1D20 #8B511D

triadic

#8B1D20 #208B1D #1D208B

tetradic

#8B1D20 #578B1D #1D8B88 #511D8B

square

#8B1D20 #578B1D #1D8B88 #511D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D20 #1D8B51 #1D578B

monochromatic

#260809 #581214 #8B1D20 #BE282C #D9494D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D20

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D20	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645b',
    500: '#8b1d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d20;
$custom-light: #b5645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41911,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D20

secondary

#49BBB8

accent

#E8E43F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D20

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

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