#8B1D23#8B1D23

#8B1D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D23
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.62, 45.58, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.62, 52.25, 29.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1329 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.145 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3915, 6.4908, 2.2428)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D23 #1D8B85

analogous

#8B1D5A #8B1D23 #8B4E1D

triadic

#8B1D23 #238B1D #1D238B

tetradic

#8B1D23 #5A8B1D #1D8B85 #4E1D8B

square

#8B1D23 #5A8B1D #1D8B85 #4E1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D23 #1D8B4E #1D5A8B

monochromatic

#260809 #581216 #8B1D23 #BE2830 #D94951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D23

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D23	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)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645e',
    500: '#8b1d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d23;
$custom-light: #b5645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.727,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41955,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D23

secondary

#49BBB5

accent

#E8DF3F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D23

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

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