#8B1E27#8B1E27

#8B1E27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E27
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 39)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 45.44, 23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 51.03, 27.07°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1333 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.144 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4792, 6.5658, 2.5819)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E27 #1E8B82

analogous

#8B1E5D #8B1E27 #8B4B1E

triadic

#8B1E27 #278B1E #1E278B

tetradic

#8B1E27 #5D8B1E #1E8B82 #4B1E8B

square

#8B1E27 #5D8B1E #1E8B82 #4B1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E27 #1E8B4B #1E5D8B

monochromatic

#26080B #591319 #8B1E27 #BD2935 #D84B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8B1E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E27

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E27	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46461',
    500: '#8b1e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e27;
$custom-light: #b46461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.046,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42107,
    "c": 0.14373,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E27

secondary

#4ABBB1

accent

#E7DA40

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E27

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