#8B1E20#8B1E20

#8B1E20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.144 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E20
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 32)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 45.11, 27.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 52.84, 31.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1307 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.144 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3738, 6.5236, 2.0265)
Luminance	0.0652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E20 #1E8B89

analogous

#8B1E56 #8B1E20 #8B521E

triadic

#8B1E20 #208B1E #1E208B

tetradic

#8B1E20 #568B1E #1E8B89 #521E8B

square

#8B1E20 #568B1E #1E8B89 #521E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E20 #1E8B52 #1E568B

monochromatic

#260809 #591314 #8B1E20 #BD292C #D84B4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8B1E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8B1E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E20

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E20	1.00	9.11	2.30	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F391F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.144 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645b',
    500: '#8b1e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e20;
$custom-light: #b5645b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.899,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E20

secondary

#4ABBB9

accent

#E7E440

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E20

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

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