#8B1D2D#8B1D2D

#8B1D2D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D2D
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 45)
HSL	hsl(351, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 67.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 46.10, 19.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 49.99, 22.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.1368 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.144 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5617, 6.5589, 3.1393)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D2D #1D8B7B

analogous

#8B1D64 #8B1D2D #8B441D

triadic

#8B1D2D #2D8B1D #1D2D8B

tetradic

#8B1D2D #648B1D #1D8B7B #441D8B

square

#8B1D2D #648B1D #1D8B7B #441D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D2D #1D8B44 #1D648B

monochromatic

#26080C #58121D #8B1D2D #BE283D #D9495E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8B1D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1D2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D2D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D2D	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46465',
    500: '#8b1d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d2d;
$custom-light: #b46465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42127,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D2D

secondary

#49BBAB

accent

#E8D03F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D2D

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

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