#981D1B#981D1B

#981D1B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.159 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#981D1B
RGB	rgb(152, 29, 27)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(1, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.9%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.21, 49.32, 33.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.21, 59.87, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(44.33% 0.1412 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(44.33% 0.159 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.5878, 7.6355, 1.7950)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#981D1B #1B9698

analogous

#981B57 #981D1B #985B1B

triadic

#981D1B #1B981D #1D1B98

tetradic

#981D1B #57981B #1B9698 #5B1B98

square

#981D1B #57981B #1B9698 #5B1B98

split-complementary

#981D1B #1B985B #1B5798

monochromatic

#300909 #641312 #981D1B #CC2724 #E0504E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.31

#981D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#981D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #981D1B

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##981D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##981D1B	1.00	8.31	2.53	8.31
#FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#625815

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #981d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 29, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.159 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6658',
    500: '#981d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #981d1b;
$custom-light: #bf6658;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#981d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.96,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44329,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#981D1B

secondary

#4DC0C2

accent

#EAED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#140603

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #981D1B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →