#8B1E2A#8B1E2A

#8B1E2A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.144 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E2A
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 42)
HSL	hsl(353, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 45.60, 21.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 50.35, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(42.16% 0.1345 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(42.16% 0.144 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5309, 6.5864, 2.8542)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E2A #1E8B7F

analogous

#8B1E61 #8B1E2A #8B481E

triadic

#8B1E2A #2A8B1E #1E2A8B

tetradic

#8B1E2A #618B1E #1E8B7F #481E8B

square

#8B1E2A #618B1E #1E8B7F #481E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E2A #1E8B48 #1E618B

monochromatic

#26080C #59131B #8B1E2A #BD2939 #D84B5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8B1E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E2A

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E2A	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.144 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46463',
    500: '#8b1e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e2a;
$custom-light: #b46463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.394,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42159,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E2A

secondary

#4ABBAE

accent

#E7D540

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E2A

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

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