#8A1919#8A1919

#8A1919 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.148 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1919
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 25)
HSL	hsl(0, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(0, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 81.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 46.12, 30.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 55.44, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.3% 0.1324 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(41.3% 0.148 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.0057, 6.1705, 1.5311)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1919 #198A8A

analogous

#8A1952 #8A1919 #8A5219

triadic

#8A1919 #198A19 #19198A

tetradic

#8A1919 #528A19 #198A8A #52198A

square

#8A1919 #528A19 #198A8A #52198A

split-complementary

#8A1919 #198A52 #19528A

monochromatic

#220606 #561010 #8A1919 #BE2222 #DD4141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#8A1919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#8A1919 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1919

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1919	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F14

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.148 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56256',
    500: '#8a1919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1919;
$custom-light: #b56256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41299,
    "c": 0.14821,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1919

secondary

#42BDBD

accent

#ECEC3C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1919

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

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