#8B1F16#8B1F16

#8B1F16 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.145 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F16
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 22)
HSL	hsl(5, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.71, 44.41, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.71, 55.57, 36.95°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1263 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.145 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2836, 6.5287, 1.4249)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F16 #16828B

analogous

#8B1648 #8B1F16 #8B5A16

triadic

#8B1F16 #168B1F #1F168B

tetradic

#8B1F16 #488B16 #16828B #5A168B

square

#8B1F16 #488B16 #16828B #5A168B

split-complementary

#8B1F16 #168B5A #16488B

monochromatic

#210705 #56130E #8B1F16 #C02B1E #E0483B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8B1F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F16

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F16	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5110

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.145 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b66454',
    500: '#8b1f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f16;
$custom-light: #b66454;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41974,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F16

secondary

#3EB5BF

accent

#E1EF38

background

#FCF6F4

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F16

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

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