#8A162E#8A162E

#8A162E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.149 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A162E
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 46)
HSL	hsl(348, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(348, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.85, 47.95, 17.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.85, 51.02, 19.99°)
OKLab	oklab(41.41% 0.1431 0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(41.41% 0.149 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2625, 6.1761, 3.1833)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A162E #168A72

analogous

#8A1668 #8A162E #8A3816

triadic

#8A162E #2E8A16 #162E8A

tetradic

#8A162E #688A16 #168A72 #38168A

square

#8A162E #688A16 #168A72 #38168A

split-complementary

#8A162E #168A38 #16688A

monochromatic

#20050B #550E1C #8A162E #BF1E40 #E03B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#8A162E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A162E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A162E

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A162E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A162E	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a162e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.149 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36166',
    500: '#8a162e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a162e;
$custom-light: #b36166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a162e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.586,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4141,
    "c": 0.14909,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A162E

secondary

#3EBEA3

accent

#EFC939

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A162E

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

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