#8B1E17#8B1E17

#8B1E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.146 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E17
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 83.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.60, 44.78, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.60, 55.47, 36.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.89% 0.1277 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(41.89% 0.146 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2678, 6.4812, 1.4681)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E17 #17848B

analogous

#8B174A #8B1E17 #8B5817

triadic

#8B1E17 #178B1E #1E178B

tetradic

#8B1E17 #4A8B17 #17848B #58178B

square

#8B1E17 #4A8B17 #17848B #58178B

split-complementary

#8B1E17 #178B58 #174A8B

monochromatic

#220706 #56130E #8B1E17 #C02920 #DF473D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8B1E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E17

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E17	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)

#403915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5111

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.146 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66455',
    500: '#8b1e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e17;
$custom-light: #b66455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.621,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41892,
    "c": 0.14563,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E17

secondary

#3FB7BF

accent

#E3EE39

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E17

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

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