#8A142E#8A142E

#8A142E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.151 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A142E
RGB	rgb(138, 20, 46)
HSL	hsl(347, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(347, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.67, 48.47, 17.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.67, 51.43, 19.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.28% 0.1448 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(41.28% 0.151 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2258, 6.1026, 3.1711)
Luminance	0.0610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A142E #148A70

analogous

#8A1469 #8A142E #8A3514

triadic

#8A142E #2E8A14 #142E8A

tetradic

#8A142E #698A14 #148A70 #35148A

square

#8A142E #698A14 #148A70 #35148A

split-complementary

#8A142E #148A35 #14698A

monochromatic

#1F050A #550C1C #8A142E #BF1C40 #E2365C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.46

#8A142E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8A142E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A142E

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A142E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A142E	1.00	9.46	2.22	9.46
#FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39362E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a142e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 20, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.151 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36166',
    500: '#8a142e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a142e;
$custom-light: #b36166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a142e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.78,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41275,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A142E

secondary

#3CBEA1

accent

#F1C836

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A142E

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

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