#8B1D28#8B1D28

#8B1D28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D28
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.69, 45.82, 22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.69, 51.03, 26.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1348 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.145 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4711, 6.5227, 2.6621)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D28 #1D8B80

analogous

#8B1D5F #8B1D28 #8B491D

triadic

#8B1D28 #288B1D #1D288B

tetradic

#8B1D28 #5F8B1D #1D8B80 #491D8B

square

#8B1D28 #5F8B1D #1D8B80 #491D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D28 #1D8B49 #1D5F8B

monochromatic

#26080B #581219 #8B1D28 #BE2837 #D94958

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8B1D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1D28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D28

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D28	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46461',
    500: '#8b1d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d28;
$custom-light: #b46461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42036,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D28

secondary

#49BBB0

accent

#E8D83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D28

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

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