#8A1918#8A1918

#8A1918 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.148 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1918
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 24)
HSL	hsl(1, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(1, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 46.09, 31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 55.73, 34.21°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.1321 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.148 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.9951, 6.1663, 1.4753)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1918 #18898A

analogous

#8A1850 #8A1918 #8A5218

triadic

#8A1918 #188A19 #19188A

tetradic

#8A1918 #508A18 #18898A #52188A

square

#8A1918 #508A18 #18898A #52188A

split-complementary

#8A1918 #188A52 #18508A

monochromatic

#220606 #56100F #8A1918 #BE2221 #DE403F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#8A1918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1918 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1918

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1918	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F12

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.148 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56256',
    500: '#8a1918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1918;
$custom-light: #b56256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.526,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41288,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1918

secondary

#40BCBD

accent

#ECED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1918

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

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