#8A1B24#8A1B24

#8A1B24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.145 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B24
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 36)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 45.95, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 52.02, 27.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.1344 0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.146 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1929, 6.3163, 2.2985)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B24 #1B8A81

analogous

#8A1B5C #8A1B24 #8A491B

triadic

#8A1B24 #248A1B #1B248A

tetradic

#8A1B24 #5C8A1B #1B8A81 #491B8A

square

#8A1B24 #5C8A1B #1B8A81 #491B8A

split-complementary

#8A1B24 #1B8A49 #1B5C8A

monochromatic

#240709 #571117 #8A1B24 #BD2531 #DB4551

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#8A1B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#8A1B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B24

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B24	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.145 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4635e',
    500: '#8a1b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b24;
$custom-light: #b4635e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.135,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41609,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B24

secondary

#45BCB2

accent

#EADC3E

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B24

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

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