#8B1F22#8B1F22

#8B1F22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.143 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F22
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 34)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 75.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 44.86, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 52.07, 30.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.1303 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.143 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4275, 6.5862, 2.1826)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F22 #1F8B88

analogous

#8B1F58 #8B1F22 #8B521F

triadic

#8B1F22 #228B1F #1F228B

tetradic

#8B1F22 #588B1F #1F8B88 #521F8B

square

#8B1F22 #588B1F #1F8B88 #521F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F22 #1F8B52 #1F588B

monochromatic

#27090A #591416 #8B1F22 #BD2A2E #D74D51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8B1F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F22

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F22	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.143 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5645d',
    500: '#8b1f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f22;
$custom-light: #b5645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.333,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42119,
    "c": 0.14335,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F22

secondary

#4CBAB7

accent

#E7E241

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F22

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

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