#8A1718#8A1718

#8A1718 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.150 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1718
RGB	rgb(138, 23, 24)
HSL	hsl(359, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 83.3%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 46.67, 31.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 56.10, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.14% 0.1339 0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(41.14% 0.15 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.9539, 6.0838, 1.4615)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1718 #178A89

analogous

#8A1752 #8A1718 #8A5017

triadic

#8A1718 #188A17 #17188A

tetradic

#8A1718 #528A17 #178A89 #50178A

square

#8A1718 #528A17 #178A89 #50178A

split-complementary

#8A1718 #178A50 #17528A

monochromatic

#210606 #560E0F #8A1718 #BE2021 #DF3D3E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#8A1718 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#8A1718 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1718

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1718	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1718	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#584F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990019

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1718;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 23, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.150 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56155',
    500: '#8a1718',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1718;
$custom-light: #b56155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1718",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.478,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41135,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1718

secondary

#3FBEBD

accent

#EEED3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130503

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1718

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

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