#8A1B28#8A1B28

#8A1B28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.145 H 20.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B28
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 40)
HSL	hsl(353, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(353, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.26, 46.15, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.26, 51.08, 25.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.68% 0.136 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(41.68% 0.145 20.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2574, 6.3421, 2.6385)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B28 #1B8A7D

analogous

#8A1B60 #8A1B28 #8A461B

triadic

#8A1B28 #288A1B #1B288A

tetradic

#8A1B28 #608A1B #1B8A7D #461B8A

square

#8A1B28 #608A1B #1B8A7D #461B8A

split-complementary

#8A1B28 #1B8A46 #1B608A

monochromatic

#24070A #571119 #8A1B28 #BD2537 #DB4556

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8A1B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8A1B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B28

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B28	1.00	9.26	2.27	9.26
#FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585024

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.145 20.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46361',
    500: '#8a1b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b28;
$custom-light: #b46361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.973,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41676,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 20.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B28

secondary

#45BCAE

accent

#EAD63E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B28

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

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