#8B1D32#8B1D32

#8B1D32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.144 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D32
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 50)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 46.41, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 49.15, 19.22°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.1389 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.144 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.6638, 6.5997, 3.6767)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D32 #1D8B76

analogous

#8B1D69 #8B1D32 #8B3F1D

triadic

#8B1D32 #328B1D #1D328B

tetradic

#8B1D32 #698B1D #1D8B76 #3F1D8B

square

#8B1D32 #698B1D #1D8B76 #3F1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D32 #1D8B3F #1D698B

monochromatic

#26080E #581220 #8B1D32 #BE2844 #D94965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8B1D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1D32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D32

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D32	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.144 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46469',
    500: '#8b1d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d32;
$custom-light: #b46469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4223,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D32

secondary

#49BBA5

accent

#E8C83F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D32

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

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