#8B1D27#8B1D27

#8B1D27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D27
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 39)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.68, 45.77, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.68, 51.26, 26.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1344 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.145 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4543, 6.5160, 2.5736)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D27 #1D8B81

analogous

#8B1D5E #8B1D27 #8B4A1D

triadic

#8B1D27 #278B1D #1D278B

tetradic

#8B1D27 #5E8B1D #1D8B81 #4A1D8B

square

#8B1D27 #5E8B1D #1D8B81 #4A1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D27 #1D8B4A #1D5E8B

monochromatic

#26080B #581219 #8B1D27 #BE2835 #D94956

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8B1D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D27

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D27	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46461',
    500: '#8b1d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d27;
$custom-light: #b46461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42019,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D27

secondary

#49BBB1

accent

#E8D93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D27

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

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