#8A1C29#8A1C29

#8A1C29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.144 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1C29
RGB	rgb(138, 28, 41)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(353, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 45.89, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 50.63, 25.00°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% 0.1354 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.144 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2980, 6.3956, 2.7370)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1C29 #1C8A7D

analogous

#8A1C60 #8A1C29 #8A461C

triadic

#8A1C29 #298A1C #1C298A

tetradic

#8A1C29 #608A1C #1C8A7D #461C8A

square

#8A1C29 #608A1C #1C8A7D #461C8A

split-complementary

#8A1C29 #1C8A46 #1C608A

monochromatic

#24070B #57121A #8A1C29 #BD2638 #DA4758

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8A1C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1C29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1C29

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1C29	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 28, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.144 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36362',
    500: '#8a1c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1c29;
$custom-light: #b36362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.909,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41778,
    "c": 0.14432,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1C29

secondary

#46BBAE

accent

#E9D53F

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1C29

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

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