#8B1D22#8B1D22

#8B1D22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D22
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 34)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 45.53, 26.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 52.51, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.1325 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.145 24)
XYZ	xyz(11.3769, 6.4850, 2.1657)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D22 #1D8B86

analogous

#8B1D59 #8B1D22 #8B4F1D

triadic

#8B1D22 #228B1D #1D228B

tetradic

#8B1D22 #598B1D #1D8B86 #4F1D8B

square

#8B1D22 #598B1D #1D8B86 #4F1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D22 #1D8B4F #1D598B

monochromatic

#260809 #581216 #8B1D22 #BE282E #D94950

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D22

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D22	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645d',
    500: '#8b1d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d22;
$custom-light: #b5645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4194,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.06483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D22

secondary

#49BBB6

accent

#E8E13F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D22

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

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