#8A1C21#8A1C21

#8A1C21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.145 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1C21
RGB	rgb(138, 28, 33)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 45.50, 26.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 52.58, 30.08°)
OKLab	oklab(41.65% 0.1323 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(41.65% 0.145 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.1723, 6.3453, 2.0751)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1C21 #1C8A85

analogous

#8A1C58 #8A1C21 #8A4E1C

triadic

#8A1C21 #218A1C #1C218A

tetradic

#8A1C21 #588A1C #1C8A85 #4E1C8A

square

#8A1C21 #588A1C #1C8A85 #4E1C8A

split-complementary

#8A1C21 #1C8A4E #1C588A

monochromatic

#240709 #571215 #8A1C21 #BD262D #DA474D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8A1C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8A1C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1C21

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1C21	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)

#3E3820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#98001F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 28, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.145 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4635c',
    500: '#8a1c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1c21;
$custom-light: #b4635c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41648,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1C21

secondary

#46BBB6

accent

#E9E13F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1C21

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

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