#8B1F29#8B1F29

#8B1F29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 21.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F29
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 41)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 70.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 45.20, 22.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 50.33, 26.09°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.133 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.143 21.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5390, 6.6308, 2.7697)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F29 #1F8B81

analogous

#8B1F5F #8B1F29 #8B4B1F

triadic

#8B1F29 #298B1F #1F298B

tetradic

#8B1F29 #5F8B1F #1F8B81 #4B1F8B

square

#8B1F29 #5F8B1F #1F8B81 #4B1F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F29 #1F8B4B #1F5F8B

monochromatic

#27090B #59141A #8B1F29 #BD2A38 #D74D5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#8B1F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#8B1F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F29

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F29	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 21.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46562',
    500: '#8b1f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f29;
$custom-light: #b46562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42231,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 21.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F29

secondary

#4CBAB0

accent

#E7D741

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F29

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