#8B1D2B#8B1D2B

#8B1D2B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D2B
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 43)
HSL	hsl(352, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(352, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 45.98, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 50.38, 24.12°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.136 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.144 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.5241, 6.5439, 2.9413)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D2B #1D8B7D

analogous

#8B1D62 #8B1D2B #8B461D

triadic

#8B1D2B #2B8B1D #1D2B8B

tetradic

#8B1D2B #628B1D #1D8B7D #461D8B

square

#8B1D2B #628B1D #1D8B7D #461D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D2B #1D8B46 #1D628B

monochromatic

#26080C #58121B #8B1D2B #BE283B #D9495C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8B1D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D2B

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D2B	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46464',
    500: '#8b1d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d2b;
$custom-light: #b46464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42089,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D2B

secondary

#49BBAD

accent

#E8D33F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D2B

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

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