#8B1E16#8B1E16

#8B1E16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E16
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 22)
HSL	hsl(4, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 44.75, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 55.77, 36.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1274 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.146 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2579, 6.4772, 1.4164)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E16 #16838B

analogous

#8B1648 #8B1E16 #8B5916

triadic

#8B1E16 #168B1E #1E168B

tetradic

#8B1E16 #488B16 #16838B #59168B

square

#8B1E16 #488B16 #16838B #59168B

split-complementary

#8B1E16 #168B59 #16488B

monochromatic

#210705 #56130E #8B1E16 #C0291E #E0473B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E16

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E16	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66454',
    500: '#8b1e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e16;
$custom-light: #b66454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.103,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41882,
    "c": 0.14577,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E16

secondary

#3EB6BF

accent

#E3EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E16

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

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