#8B1F35#8B1F35

#8B1F35 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.5% C 0.143 H 14.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B1F35
RGB	rgb(139, 31, 53)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 61.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.18, 45.94, 14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.18, 48.21, 17.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42.47% 0.138 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(42.47% 0.143 14.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.7813, 6.7277, 4.0457)
Luminance	0.0673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B1F35 #1F8B75

analogous

#8B1F6B #8B1F35 #8B3F1F

triadic

#8B1F35 #358B1F #1F358B

tetradic

#8B1F35 #6B8B1F #1F8B75 #3F1F8B

square

#8B1F35 #6B8B1F #1F8B75 #3F1F8B

split-complementary

#8B1F35 #1F8B3F #1F6B8B

monochromatic

#27090F #591422 #8B1F35 #BD2A48 #D74D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.95

#8B1F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#8B1F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B1F35

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B1F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B1F35	1.00	8.95	2.35	8.95
#FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b1f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 31, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.5% 0.143 14.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3656c',
    500: '#8b1f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b1f35;
$custom-light: #b3656c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b1f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.778,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42474,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 14.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B1F35

secondary

#4CBAA4

accent

#E7C541

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B1F35

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

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