#8B1E14#8B1E14

#8B1E14 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E14
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 20)
HSL	hsl(5, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(5, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 85.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 44.69, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 56.37, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.86% 0.1268 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(41.86% 0.146 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2394, 6.4698, 1.3187)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E14 #14818B

analogous

#8B1445 #8B1E14 #8B5914

triadic

#8B1E14 #148B1E #1E148B

tetradic

#8B1E14 #458B14 #14818B #59148B

square

#8B1E14 #458B14 #14818B #59148B

split-complementary

#8B1E14 #148B59 #14458B

monochromatic

#200705 #55120C #8B1E14 #C12A1C #E24637

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8B1E14 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8B1E14 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E14

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E14	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E14	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B510E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e14;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 20);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66453',
    500: '#8b1e14',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e14;
$custom-light: #b66453;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e14",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 20
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.042,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41863,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E14

secondary

#3CB4BF

accent

#E2F136

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE7

border

#D1C6C3

text

#130602

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E14

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

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