#8B1E36#8B1E36

#8B1E36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.144 H 13.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E36
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 54)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 61.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.08, 46.35, 13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.08, 48.37, 16.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.41% 0.1395 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(42.41% 0.144 13.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.7788, 6.6856, 4.1595)
Luminance	0.0668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E36 #1E8B73

analogous

#8B1E6C #8B1E36 #8B3C1E

triadic

#8B1E36 #368B1E #1E368B

tetradic

#8B1E36 #6C8B1E #1E8B73 #3C1E8B

square

#8B1E36 #6C8B1E #1E8B73 #3C1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E36 #1E8B3C #1E6C8B

monochromatic

#26080F #591322 #8B1E36 #BD294A #D84B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.99

#8B1E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B1E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E36

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E36	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)

#3C3B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.144 13.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656c',
    500: '#8b1e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e36;
$custom-light: #b3656c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.789,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42408,
    "c": 0.14357,
    "h": 13.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E36

secondary

#4ABBA2

accent

#E7C340

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E36

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