#8B1E1D#8B1E1D

#8B1E1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E1D
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 29)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.66, 44.99, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.66, 53.69, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1296 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.145 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3349, 6.5080, 1.8215)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E1D #1D8A8B

analogous

#8B1D53 #8B1E1D #8B551D

triadic

#8B1E1D #1D8B1E #1E1D8B

tetradic

#8B1E1D #538B1D #1D8A8B #551D8B

square

#8B1E1D #538B1D #1D8A8B #551D8B

split-complementary

#8B1E1D #1D8B55 #1D538B

monochromatic

#260808 #581312 #8B1E1D #BE2928 #D94B49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#8B1E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E1D

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E1D	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56459',
    500: '#8b1e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e1d;
$custom-light: #b56459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4196,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E1D

secondary

#49BABB

accent

#E7E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E1D

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

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