#8A1B18#8A1B18

#8A1B18 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.147 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B18
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 24)
HSL	hsl(2, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(2, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 45.48, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 55.35, 34.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.45% 0.1302 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(41.45% 0.147 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.0394, 6.2549, 1.4900)
Luminance	0.0625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B18 #18878A

analogous

#8A184E #8A1B18 #8A5418

triadic

#8A1B18 #188A1B #1B188A

tetradic

#8A1B18 #4E8A18 #18878A #54188A

square

#8A1B18 #4E8A18 #18878A #54188A

split-complementary

#8A1B18 #188A54 #184E8A

monochromatic

#220706 #56110F #8A1B18 #BE2521 #DE433F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#8A1B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#8A1B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B18

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B18	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)

#3E3716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#594F13

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.147 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56256',
    500: '#8a1b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b18;
$custom-light: #b56256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.579,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4145,
    "c": 0.14684,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B18

secondary

#40BABD

accent

#E8ED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B18

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

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