#8A1D17#8A1D17

#8A1D17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.145 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1D17
RGB	rgb(138, 29, 23)
HSL	hsl(3, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(3, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 44.79, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 55.25, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(41.61% 0.1278 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(41.61% 0.145 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0766, 6.3456, 1.4521)
Luminance	0.0634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1D17 #17848A

analogous

#8A174B #8A1D17 #8A5717

triadic

#8A1D17 #178A1D #1D178A

tetradic

#8A1D17 #4B8A17 #17848A #57178A

square

#8A1D17 #4B8A17 #17848A #57178A

split-complementary

#8A1D17 #178A57 #174B8A

monochromatic

#210706 #56120E #8A1D17 #BE2820 #DF453D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.26

#8A1D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#8A1D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1D17

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1D17	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)

#3F3815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 29, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.145 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56355',
    500: '#8a1d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1d17;
$custom-light: #b56355;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.13,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41612,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1D17

secondary

#3FB7BE

accent

#E5EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE8

border

#D1C6C4

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1D17

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

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