#8B1F27#8B1F27

#8B1F27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F27
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 39)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 45.10, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 50.79, 27.40°)
OKLab	oklab(42.2% 0.1323 0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(42.2% 0.143 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5050, 6.6172, 2.5905)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F27 #1F8B83

analogous

#8B1F5D #8B1F27 #8B4D1F

triadic

#8B1F27 #278B1F #1F278B

tetradic

#8B1F27 #5D8B1F #1F8B83 #4D1F8B

square

#8B1F27 #5D8B1F #1F8B83 #4D1F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F27 #1F8B4D #1F5D8B

monochromatic

#27090B #591419 #8B1F27 #BD2A35 #D74D57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8B1F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8B1F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F27

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F27	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46561',
    500: '#8b1f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f27;
$custom-light: #b46561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.556,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42197,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F27

secondary

#4CBAB2

accent

#E7DA41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F27

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