#8B1F25#8B1F25

#8B1F25 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F25
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 37)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 73.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.89, 45.00, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.89, 51.29, 28.67°)
OKLab	oklab(42.17% 0.1315 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(42.17% 0.143 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4727, 6.6043, 2.4206)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F25 #1F8B85

analogous

#8B1F5B #8B1F25 #8B4F1F

triadic

#8B1F25 #258B1F #1F258B

tetradic

#8B1F25 #5B8B1F #1F8B85 #4F1F8B

square

#8B1F25 #5B8B1F #1F8B85 #4F1F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F25 #1F8B4F #1F5B8B

monochromatic

#27090A #591418 #8B1F25 #BD2A32 #D74D55

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8B1F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F25

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F25	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655f',
    500: '#8b1f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f25;
$custom-light: #b4655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42165,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F25

secondary

#4CBAB4

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F25

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