#8A1429#8A1429

#8A1429 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.151 H 18.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1429
RGB	rgb(138, 20, 41)
HSL	hsl(349, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.58, 48.19, 20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.58, 52.32, 22.93°)
OKLab	oklab(41.18% 0.1427 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(41.18% 0.151 18.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1329, 6.0654, 2.6819)
Luminance	0.0606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1429 #148A75

analogous

#8A1464 #8A1429 #8A3A14

triadic

#8A1429 #298A14 #14298A

tetradic

#8A1429 #648A14 #148A75 #3A148A

square

#8A1429 #648A14 #148A75 #3A148A

split-complementary

#8A1429 #148A3A #14648A

monochromatic

#1F0509 #550C19 #8A1429 #BF1C39 #E23655

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.49

#8A1429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#8A1429 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1429

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1429	1.00	9.49	2.21	9.49
#FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 20, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.151 18.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46062',
    500: '#8a1429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1429;
$custom-light: #b46062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.322,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41177,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 18.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1429

secondary

#3CBEA7

accent

#F1D036

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBEA

border

#D1C6C6

text

#120505

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1429

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

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