#8B1E32#8B1E32

#8B1E32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.143 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E32
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 50)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 64%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 46.08, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 48.89, 19.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% 0.1378 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.143 16)
XYZ	xyz(11.6887, 6.6495, 3.6850)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E32 #1E8B77

analogous

#8B1E68 #8B1E32 #8B401E

triadic

#8B1E32 #328B1E #1E328B

tetradic

#8B1E32 #688B1E #1E8B77 #401E8B

square

#8B1E32 #688B1E #1E8B77 #401E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E32 #1E8B40 #1E688B

monochromatic

#26080E #591320 #8B1E32 #BD2944 #D84B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#8B1E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B1E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E32

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E32	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.143 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46469',
    500: '#8b1e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e32;
$custom-light: #b46469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.991,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42318,
    "c": 0.14339,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.06648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E32

secondary

#4ABBA6

accent

#E7C940

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E32

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

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