#8B1E18#8B1E18

#8B1E18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E18
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 24)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 82.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 44.81, 32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 55.17, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.128 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.145 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2780, 6.4853, 1.5219)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E18 #18858B

analogous

#8B184C #8B1E18 #8B5718

triadic

#8B1E18 #188B1E #1E188B

tetradic

#8B1E18 #4C8B18 #18858B #57188B

square

#8B1E18 #4C8B18 #18858B #57188B

split-complementary

#8B1E18 #188B57 #184C8B

monochromatic

#230706 #57130F #8B1E18 #BF2921 #DE483F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8B1E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E18

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E18	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56456',
    500: '#8b1e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e18;
$custom-light: #b56456;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.13,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41903,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E18

secondary

#40B8BE

accent

#E4ED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E18

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

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