#8B1D24#8B1D24

#8B1D24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D24
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 36)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 74.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 45.62, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 51.99, 28.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1332 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.145 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4066, 6.4969, 2.3221)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D24 #1D8B84

analogous

#8B1D5B #8B1D24 #8B4D1D

triadic

#8B1D24 #248B1D #1D248B

tetradic

#8B1D24 #5B8B1D #1D8B84 #4D1D8B

square

#8B1D24 #5B8B1D #1D8B84 #4D1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D24 #1D8B4D #1D5B8B

monochromatic

#26080A #581217 #8B1D24 #BE2831 #D94952

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8B1D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D24

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D24	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645e',
    500: '#8b1d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d24;
$custom-light: #b5645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.182,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4197,
    "c": 0.14486,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D24

secondary

#49BBB4

accent

#E8DE3F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D24

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

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