#8B1F20#8B1F20

#8B1F20 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.144 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F20
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 32)
HSL	hsl(359, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 77%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 44.77, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 52.62, 31.70°)
OKLab	oklab(42.09% 0.1296 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(42.09% 0.144 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.3995, 6.5750, 2.0351)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F20 #1F8B8A

analogous

#8B1F56 #8B1F20 #8B541F

triadic

#8B1F20 #208B1F #1F208B

tetradic

#8B1F20 #568B1F #1F8B8A #541F8B

square

#8B1F20 #568B1F #1F8B8A #541F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F20 #1F8B54 #1F568B

monochromatic

#270909 #591414 #8B1F20 #BD2A2C #D74D4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8B1F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8B1F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F20

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F20	1.00	9.07	2.31	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.144 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645c',
    500: '#8b1f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f20;
$custom-light: #b5645c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42091,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F20

secondary

#4CBAB9

accent

#E7E541

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F20

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

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