#8A162C#8A162C

#8A162C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.149 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A162C
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 44)
HSL	hsl(349, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(349, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 68.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 47.83, 18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 51.36, 21.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.37% 0.1423 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(41.37% 0.149 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2240, 6.1607, 2.9805)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A162C #168A74

analogous

#8A1666 #8A162C #8A3A16

triadic

#8A162C #2C8A16 #162C8A

tetradic

#8A162C #668A16 #168A74 #3A168A

square

#8A162C #668A16 #168A74 #3A168A

split-complementary

#8A162C #168A3A #16668A

monochromatic

#20050A #550E1B #8A162C #BF1E3D #E03B5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#8A162C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A162C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A162C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A162C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A162C	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)

#3A372C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a162c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.149 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36164',
    500: '#8a162c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a162c;
$custom-light: #b36164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a162c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.621,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41369,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A162C

secondary

#3EBEA6

accent

#EFCD39

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A162C

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

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