#8A1B32#8A1B32

#8A1B32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.145 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1B32
RGB	rgb(138, 27, 50)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.4%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.45, 46.74, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.45, 49.27, 18.43°)
OKLab	oklab(41.88% 0.1401 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(41.88% 0.145 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4501, 6.4191, 3.6531)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1B32 #1B8A73

analogous

#8A1B69 #8A1B32 #8A3C1B

triadic

#8A1B32 #328A1B #1B328A

tetradic

#8A1B32 #698A1B #1B8A73 #3C1B8A

square

#8A1B32 #698A1B #1B8A73 #3C1B8A

split-complementary

#8A1B32 #1B8A3C #1B698A

monochromatic

#24070D #57111F #8A1B32 #BD2545 #DB4564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#8A1B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1B32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1B32

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1B32	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)

#3B3932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#57502F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 27, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.145 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36369',
    500: '#8a1b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1b32;
$custom-light: #b36369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.568,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41875,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1B32

secondary

#45BCA3

accent

#EAC63E

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1B32

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

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