#8A191B#8A191B

#8A191B is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.148 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A191B
RGB	rgb(138, 25, 27)
HSL	hsl(359, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.86, 46.19, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.86, 54.86, 32.64°)
OKLab	oklab(41.32% 0.1331 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(41.32% 0.148 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0280, 6.1794, 1.6488)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A191B #198A88

analogous

#8A1954 #8A191B #8A5019

triadic

#8A191B #1B8A19 #191B8A

tetradic

#8A191B #548A19 #198A88 #50198A

square

#8A191B #548A19 #198A88 #50198A

split-complementary

#8A191B #198A50 #19548A

monochromatic

#220607 #561011 #8A191B #BE2225 #DD4144

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#8A191B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#8A191B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A191B

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A191B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A191B	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D371A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F16

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a191b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 25, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.148 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56258',
    500: '#8a191b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a191b;
$custom-light: #b56258;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a191b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.938,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41322,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A191B

secondary

#42BDBB

accent

#ECE93C

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A191B

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

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