#8B1E25#8B1E25

#8B1E25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E25
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 37)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.77, 45.34, 24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.77, 51.52, 28.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1326 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.144 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4470, 6.5529, 2.4120)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E25 #1E8B84

analogous

#8B1E5B #8B1E25 #8B4D1E

triadic

#8B1E25 #258B1E #1E258B

tetradic

#8B1E25 #5B8B1E #1E8B84 #4D1E8B

square

#8B1E25 #5B8B1E #1E8B84 #4D1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E25 #1E8B4D #1E5B8B

monochromatic

#26080A #591318 #8B1E25 #BD2932 #D84B54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8B1E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E25

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E25	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645f',
    500: '#8b1e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e25;
$custom-light: #b5645f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.147,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42074,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E25

secondary

#4ABBB3

accent

#E7DD40

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E25

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

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