#8A162A#8A162A

#8A162A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.149 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A162A
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(350, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(350, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.78, 47.72, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.78, 51.73, 22.72°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.1415 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.149 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1873, 6.1460, 2.7873)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A162A #168A76

analogous

#8A1664 #8A162A #8A3C16

triadic

#8A162A #2A8A16 #162A8A

tetradic

#8A162A #648A16 #168A76 #3C168A

square

#8A162A #648A16 #168A76 #3C168A

split-complementary

#8A162A #168A3C #16648A

monochromatic

#20050A #550E1A #8A162A #BF1E3A #E03B57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#8A162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A162A

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A162A	1.00	9.42	2.23	9.42
#FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A372A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.149 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46163',
    500: '#8a162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a162a;
$custom-light: #b46163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.655,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41331,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A162A

secondary

#3EBEA8

accent

#EFD039

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A162A

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

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