#8A1819#8A1819

#8A1819 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.149 H 26.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1819
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 25)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 46.42, 30.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 55.63, 33.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.22% 0.1334 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(41.22% 0.149 26.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.9847, 6.1285, 1.5241)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1819 #188A89

analogous

#8A1852 #8A1819 #8A5018

triadic

#8A1819 #198A18 #18198A

tetradic

#8A1819 #528A18 #188A89 #50188A

square

#8A1819 #528A18 #188A89 #50188A

split-complementary

#8A1819 #188A50 #18528A

monochromatic

#220606 #560F10 #8A1819 #BE2122 #DE3F40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#8A1819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1819 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1819

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1819	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.149 26.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56156',
    500: '#8a1819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1819;
$custom-light: #b56156;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.474,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41221,
    "c": 0.14894,
    "h": 26.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1819

secondary

#40BDBC

accent

#EDEC3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1819

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

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