#8B1D31#8B1D31

#8B1D31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.144 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D31
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 49)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 64.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.86, 46.34, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.86, 49.30, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(42.21% 0.1385 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(42.21% 0.144 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6424, 6.5912, 3.5643)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D31 #1D8B77

analogous

#8B1D68 #8B1D31 #8B401D

triadic

#8B1D31 #318B1D #1D318B

tetradic

#8B1D31 #688B1D #1D8B77 #401D8B

square

#8B1D31 #688B1D #1D8B77 #401D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D31 #1D8B40 #1D688B

monochromatic

#26080D #58121F #8B1D31 #BE2843 #D94963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8B1D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D31

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D31	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.144 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46468',
    500: '#8b1d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d31;
$custom-light: #b46468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42209,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D31

secondary

#49BBA6

accent

#E8CA3F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D31

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

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