#8A1A21#8A1A21

#8A1A21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.147 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1A21
RGB	rgb(138, 26, 33)
HSL	hsl(356, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(356, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.04, 46.13, 26.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.04, 53.00, 29.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.1343 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.147 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.1265, 6.2536, 2.0598)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1A21 #1A8A83

analogous

#8A1A59 #8A1A21 #8A4B1A

triadic

#8A1A21 #218A1A #1A218A

tetradic

#8A1A21 #598A1A #1A8A83 #4B1A8A

square

#8A1A21 #598A1A #1A8A83 #4B1A8A

split-complementary

#8A1A21 #1A8A4B #1A598A

monochromatic

#230708 #571015 #8A1A21 #BD242D #DC434C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#8A1A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8A1A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1A21

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1A21	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 26, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.147 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4625c',
    500: '#8a1a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1a21;
$custom-light: #b4625c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41482,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1A21

secondary

#43BDB5

accent

#EBE03D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1A21

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

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