#8A181A#8A181A

#8A181A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.149 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A181A
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 26)
HSL	hsl(359, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 46.45, 30.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 55.34, 32.92°)
OKLab	oklab(41.23% 0.1337 0.0654)
OKLCH	oklch(41.23% 0.149 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9957, 6.1329, 1.5819)
Luminance	0.0613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A181A #188A88

analogous

#8A1853 #8A181A #8A4F18

triadic

#8A181A #1A8A18 #181A8A

tetradic

#8A181A #538A18 #188A88 #4F188A

square

#8A181A #538A18 #188A88 #4F188A

split-complementary

#8A181A #188A4F #18538A

monochromatic

#220606 #560F10 #8A181A #BE2124 #DE3F42

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#8A181A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A181A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A181A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A181A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A181A	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F15

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a181a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.149 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56157',
    500: '#8a181a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a181a;
$custom-light: #b56157;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a181a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.947,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41233,
    "c": 0.14882,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A181A

secondary

#40BDBB

accent

#EDEA3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A181A

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

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