#8B1E29#8B1E29

#8B1E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E29
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 41)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.83, 45.54, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.83, 50.57, 25.77°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1341 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.144 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5133, 6.5794, 2.7611)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E29 #1E8B80

analogous

#8B1E5F #8B1E29 #8B491E

triadic

#8B1E29 #298B1E #1E298B

tetradic

#8B1E29 #5F8B1E #1E8B80 #491E8B

square

#8B1E29 #5F8B1E #1E8B80 #491E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E29 #1E8B49 #1E5F8B

monochromatic

#26080B #59131A #8B1E29 #BD2938 #D84B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8B1E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E29

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E29	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46462',
    500: '#8b1e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e29;
$custom-light: #b46462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42141,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E29

secondary

#4ABBAF

accent

#E7D740

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E29

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

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