#8B1E39#8B1E39

#8B1E39 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.144 H 11.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1E39
RGB	rgb(139, 30, 57)
HSL	hsl(345, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(345, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 59%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.15, 46.57, 11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.15, 48.07, 14.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.48% 0.1407 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(42.48% 0.144 11.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8514, 6.7146, 4.5421)
Luminance	0.0671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1E39 #1E8B70

analogous

#8B1E6F #8B1E39 #8B3A1E

triadic

#8B1E39 #398B1E #1E398B

tetradic

#8B1E39 #6F8B1E #1E8B70 #3A1E8B

square

#8B1E39 #6F8B1E #1E8B70 #3A1E8B

split-complementary

#8B1E39 #1E8B3A #1E6F8B

monochromatic

#260810 #591324 #8B1E39 #BD294E #D84B6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.96

#8B1E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#8B1E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1E39

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1E39	1.00	8.96	2.34	8.96
#FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 30, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.144 11.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656f',
    500: '#8b1e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1e39;
$custom-light: #b3656f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.138,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4248,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 11.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1E39

secondary

#4ABB9F

accent

#E7BE40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEC

border

#D0C6C7

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1E39

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

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