#8A1531#8A1531

#8A1531 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.150 H 14.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1531
RGB	rgb(138, 21, 49)
HSL	hsl(346, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(346, 85%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.8%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 48.39, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 50.79, 17.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.1452 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.15 14.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3050, 6.1631, 3.4995)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1531 #158A6E

analogous

#8A156B #8A1531 #8A3315

triadic

#8A1531 #318A15 #15318A

tetradic

#8A1531 #6B8A15 #158A6E #33158A

square

#8A1531 #6B8A15 #158A6E #33158A

split-complementary

#8A1531 #158A33 #156B8A

monochromatic

#20050B #550D1E #8A1531 #BF1D44 #E13961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#8A1531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1531 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1531

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1531	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#393731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 21, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.150 14.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36168',
    500: '#8a1531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1531;
$custom-light: #b36168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.641,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41406,
    "c": 0.14995,
    "h": 14.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1531

secondary

#3DBE9F

accent

#F0C438

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1531

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

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