#8B1E2E#8B1E2E

#8B1E2E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E2E
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 46)
HSL	hsl(351, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(351, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 45.83, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 49.55, 22.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.24% 0.1362 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(42.24% 0.143 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6061, 6.6165, 3.2502)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E2E #1E8B7B

analogous

#8B1E64 #8B1E2E #8B451E

triadic

#8B1E2E #2E8B1E #1E2E8B

tetradic

#8B1E2E #648B1E #1E8B7B #451E8B

square

#8B1E2E #648B1E #1E8B7B #451E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E2E #1E8B45 #1E648B

monochromatic

#26080D #59131D #8B1E2E #BD293F #D84B60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8B1E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E2E

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E2E	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59512B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46466',
    500: '#8b1e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e2e;
$custom-light: #b46466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.193,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42235,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E2E

secondary

#4ABBAA

accent

#E7CF40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E2E

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

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