#8A1427#8A1427

#8A1427 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.151 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1427
RGB	rgb(138, 20, 39)
HSL	hsl(350, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(350, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 48.09, 21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 52.74, 24.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.1419 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.151 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0989, 6.0518, 2.5028)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1427 #148A77

analogous

#8A1462 #8A1427 #8A3C14

triadic

#8A1427 #278A14 #14278A

tetradic

#8A1427 #628A14 #148A77 #3C148A

square

#8A1427 #628A14 #148A77 #3C148A

split-complementary

#8A1427 #148A3C #14628A

monochromatic

#1F0509 #550C18 #8A1427 #BF1C36 #E23652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#8A1427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#8A1427 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1427

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1427	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A3627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 20, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.151 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46061',
    500: '#8a1427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1427;
$custom-light: #b46061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.339,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4114,
    "c": 0.15057,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1427

secondary

#3CBEA9

accent

#F1D336

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120505

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1427

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

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