#8B1E26#8B1E26

#8B1E26 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E26
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 38)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 72.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 45.39, 23.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 51.27, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1329 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.144 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4629, 6.5592, 2.4958)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E26 #1E8B83

analogous

#8B1E5C #8B1E26 #8B4C1E

triadic

#8B1E26 #268B1E #1E268B

tetradic

#8B1E26 #5C8B1E #1E8B83 #4C1E8B

square

#8B1E26 #5C8B1E #1E8B83 #4C1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E26 #1E8B4C #1E5C8B

monochromatic

#26080A #591318 #8B1E26 #BD2934 #D84B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8B1E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1E26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E26

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E26	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)

#3F3A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46460',
    500: '#8b1e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e26;
$custom-light: #b46460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.596,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4209,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E26

secondary

#4ABBB2

accent

#E7DB40

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E26

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

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