#8B1E35#8B1E35

#8B1E35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E35
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 53)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.06, 46.28, 14.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.06, 48.48, 17.33°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.1391 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.144 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7555, 6.6763, 4.0371)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E35 #1E8B74

analogous

#8B1E6B #8B1E35 #8B3D1E

triadic

#8B1E35 #358B1E #1E358B

tetradic

#8B1E35 #6B8B1E #1E8B74 #3D1E8B

square

#8B1E35 #6B8B1E #1E8B74 #3D1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E35 #1E8B3D #1E6B8B

monochromatic

#26080F #591322 #8B1E35 #BD2948 #D84B69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B1E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B1E35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E35

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E35	1.00	8.99	2.34	8.99
#FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656c',
    500: '#8b1e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e35;
$custom-light: #b3656c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.339,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42385,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E35

secondary

#4ABBA3

accent

#E7C440

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E35

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

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