#8B1D36#8B1D36

#8B1D36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.145 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1D36
RGB	rgb(139, 29, 54)
HSL	hsl(346, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.1%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.96, 46.68, 13.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.96, 48.64, 16.31°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1405 0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.145 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7539, 6.6358, 4.1512)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1D36 #1D8B72

analogous

#8B1D6D #8B1D36 #8B3B1D

triadic

#8B1D36 #368B1D #1D368B

tetradic

#8B1D36 #6D8B1D #1D8B72 #3B1D8B

square

#8B1D36 #6D8B1D #1D8B72 #3B1D8B

split-complementary

#8B1D36 #1D8B3B #1D6D8B

monochromatic

#26080F #581222 #8B1D36 #BE284A #D9496A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8B1D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B1D36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1D36

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1D36	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 29, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.145 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3646c',
    500: '#8b1d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1d36;
$custom-light: #b3646c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.364,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42321,
    "c": 0.14451,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1D36

secondary

#49BBA1

accent

#E8C23F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1D36

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

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