#8B1E23#8B1E23

#8B1E23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.144 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E23
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 74.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.74, 45.24, 25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.74, 52.03, 29.59°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.1318 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.144 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4164, 6.5406, 2.2511)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E23 #1E8B86

analogous

#8B1E59 #8B1E23 #8B4F1E

triadic

#8B1E23 #238B1E #1E238B

tetradic

#8B1E23 #598B1E #1E8B86 #4F1E8B

square

#8B1E23 #598B1E #1E8B86 #4F1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E23 #1E8B4F #1E598B

monochromatic

#26080A #591316 #8B1E23 #BD2930 #D84B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#8B1E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E23

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E23	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.144 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645e',
    500: '#8b1e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e23;
$custom-light: #b5645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.248,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42043,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E23

secondary

#4ABBB5

accent

#E7E040

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E23

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

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