#8B1D29#8B1D29

#8B1D29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 20.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D29
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 41)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 45.88, 21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 50.81, 25.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1352 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.144 20.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4884, 6.5296, 2.7528)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D29 #1D8B7F

analogous

#8B1D60 #8B1D29 #8B481D

triadic

#8B1D29 #298B1D #1D298B

tetradic

#8B1D29 #608B1D #1D8B7F #481D8B

square

#8B1D29 #608B1D #1D8B7F #481D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D29 #1D8B48 #1D608B

monochromatic

#26080B #58121A #8B1D29 #BE2838 #D94959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8B1D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1D29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D29

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D29	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 20.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46462',
    500: '#8b1d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d29;
$custom-light: #b46462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42053,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 20.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D29

secondary

#49BBAF

accent

#E8D63F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D29

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

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