#8B1E1E#8B1E1E

#8B1E1E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E1E
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 30)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 45.03, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 53.40, 32.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.13 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.145 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3474, 6.5130, 1.8877)
Luminance	0.0651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E1E #1E8B8B

analogous

#8B1E54 #8B1E1E #8B541E

triadic

#8B1E1E #1E8B1E #1E1E8B

tetradic

#8B1E1E #548B1E #1E8B8B #541E8B

square

#8B1E1E #548B1E #1E8B8B #541E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E1E #1E8B54 #1E548B

monochromatic

#260808 #591313 #8B1E1E #BD2929 #D84B4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#8B1E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E1E

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E1E	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645a',
    500: '#8b1e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e1e;
$custom-light: #b5645a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41973,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E1E

secondary

#4ABBBB

accent

#E7E740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E1E

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

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