#8A182A#8A182A

#8A182A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.148 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A182A
RGB	rgb(138, 24, 42)
HSL	hsl(351, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(351, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.6%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.97, 47.16, 20.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.97, 51.32, 23.22°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.1397 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.148 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2271, 6.2255, 2.8005)
Luminance	0.0622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A182A #188A78

analogous

#8A1863 #8A182A #8A3F18

triadic

#8A182A #2A8A18 #182A8A

tetradic

#8A182A #638A18 #188A78 #3F188A

square

#8A182A #638A18 #188A78 #3F188A

split-complementary

#8A182A #188A3F #18638A

monochromatic

#22060A #560F1A #8A182A #BE213A #DE3F58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#8A182A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8A182A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A182A

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A182A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A182A	1.00	9.35	2.24	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B372A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#574F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a182a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 24, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.148 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46263',
    500: '#8a182a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a182a;
$custom-light: #b46263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a182a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41476,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A182A

secondary

#40BDAA

accent

#EDD13B

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A182A

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

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