#8A162B#8A162B

#8A162B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.149 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A162B
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 43)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.80, 47.77, 19.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.80, 51.54, 22.05°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.1419 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.149 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.2055, 6.1533, 2.8827)
Luminance	0.0615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A162B #168A75

analogous

#8A1665 #8A162B #8A3B16

triadic

#8A162B #2B8A16 #162B8A

tetradic

#8A162B #658A16 #168A75 #3B168A

square

#8A162B #658A16 #168A75 #3B168A

split-complementary

#8A162B #168A3B #16658A

monochromatic

#20050A #550E1B #8A162B #BF1E3B #E03B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.42

#8A162B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A162B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A162B

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A162B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A162B	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)

#3A372B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a162b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.149 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46164',
    500: '#8a162b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a162b;
$custom-light: #b46164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a162b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.138,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4135,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A162B

secondary

#3EBEA7

accent

#EFCE39

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A162B

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

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