#8B1F1D#8B1F1D

#8B1F1D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 26.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F1D
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 29)
HSL	hsl(1, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 44.65, 29.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 53.47, 33.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.05% 0.1285 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(42.05% 0.144 26.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3606, 6.5594, 1.8301)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F1D #1D898B

analogous

#8B1D52 #8B1F1D #8B561D

triadic

#8B1F1D #1D8B1F #1F1D8B

tetradic

#8B1F1D #528B1D #1D898B #561D8B

square

#8B1F1D #528B1D #1D898B #561D8B

split-complementary

#8B1F1D #1D8B56 #1D528B

monochromatic

#260808 #581412 #8B1F1D #BE2A28 #D94C49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8B1F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1F1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F1D

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F1D	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#40391B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A0020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 26.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56459',
    500: '#8b1f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f1d;
$custom-light: #b56459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42052,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 26.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F1D

secondary

#49B9BB

accent

#E5E83F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F1D

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

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