#8B1E28#8B1E28

#8B1E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E28
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 71.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 45.49, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 50.80, 26.42°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1337 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.144 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.4960, 6.5725, 2.6704)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E28 #1E8B81

analogous

#8B1E5F #8B1E28 #8B4A1E

triadic

#8B1E28 #288B1E #1E288B

tetradic

#8B1E28 #5F8B1E #1E8B81 #4A1E8B

square

#8B1E28 #5F8B1E #1E8B81 #4A1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E28 #1E8B4A #1E5F8B

monochromatic

#26080B #59131A #8B1E28 #BD2936 #D84B58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8B1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E28

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E28	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46461',
    500: '#8b1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e28;
$custom-light: #b46461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.495,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42124,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E28

secondary

#4ABBB0

accent

#E7D840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E28

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