#8A1B29#8A1B29

#8A1B29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.145 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B29
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 41)
HSL	hsl(352, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(352, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 46.21, 21.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 50.86, 24.70°)
OKLab	oklab(41.69% 0.1364 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(41.69% 0.145 20)
XYZ	xyz(11.2747, 6.3490, 2.7292)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B29 #1B8A7C

analogous

#8A1B61 #8A1B29 #8A441B

triadic

#8A1B29 #298A1B #1B298A

tetradic

#8A1B29 #618A1B #1B8A7C #441B8A

square

#8A1B29 #618A1B #1B8A7C #441B8A

split-complementary

#8A1B29 #1B8A44 #1B618A

monochromatic

#24070B #57111A #8A1B29 #BD2538 #DB4558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#8A1B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8A1B29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B29

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B29	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.145 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46362',
    500: '#8a1b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b29;
$custom-light: #b46362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.432,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41694,
    "c": 0.14516,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.06347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B29

secondary

#45BCAD

accent

#EAD43E

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B29

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

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