#8B1D25#8B1D25

#8B1D25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D25
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 37)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 45.67, 24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 51.74, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(41.99% 0.1336 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(41.99% 0.145 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4221, 6.5030, 2.4037)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D25 #1D8B83

analogous

#8B1D5C #8B1D25 #8B4C1D

triadic

#8B1D25 #258B1D #1D258B

tetradic

#8B1D25 #5C8B1D #1D8B83 #4C1D8B

square

#8B1D25 #5C8B1D #1D8B83 #4C1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D25 #1D8B4C #1D5C8B

monochromatic

#26080A #581218 #8B1D25 #BE2832 #D94954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8B1D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D25

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D25	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)

#3E3924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645f',
    500: '#8b1d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d25;
$custom-light: #b5645f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41986,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D25

secondary

#49BBB3

accent

#E8DC3F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D25

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

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