#8A162F#8A162F

#8A162F is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.149 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A162F
RGB	rgb(138, 22, 47)
HSL	hsl(347, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(347, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.1%, 65.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 48.01, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 50.86, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.1435 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.149 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.2825, 6.1841, 3.2883)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A162F #168A71

analogous

#8A1669 #8A162F #8A3716

triadic

#8A162F #2F8A16 #162F8A

tetradic

#8A162F #698A16 #168A71 #37168A

square

#8A162F #698A16 #168A71 #37168A

split-complementary

#8A162F #168A37 #16698A

monochromatic

#20050B #550E1D #8A162F #BF1E41 #E03B5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#8A162F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8A162F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A162F

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A162F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A162F	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39372F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a162f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 22, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.149 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36167',
    500: '#8a162f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a162f;
$custom-light: #b36167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a162f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.069,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41431,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A162F

secondary

#3EBEA2

accent

#EFC839

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A162F

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

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