#8A1B31#8A1B31

#8A1B31 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B31
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 49)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 64.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 46.68, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 49.41, 19.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.1397 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.145 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4288, 6.4106, 3.5407)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B31 #1B8A74

analogous

#8A1B69 #8A1B31 #8A3C1B

triadic

#8A1B31 #318A1B #1B318A

tetradic

#8A1B31 #698A1B #1B8A74 #3C1B8A

square

#8A1B31 #698A1B #1B8A74 #3C1B8A

split-complementary

#8A1B31 #1B8A3C #1B698A

monochromatic

#24070D #57111F #8A1B31 #BD2543 #DB4563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8A1B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1B31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B31

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B31	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57502E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36368',
    500: '#8a1b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b31;
$custom-light: #b36368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.108,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41853,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B31

secondary

#45BCA4

accent

#EAC83E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B31

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

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