#8A1D21#8A1D21

#8A1D21 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.144 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1D21
RGB	rgb(138, 29, 33)
HSL	hsl(358, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 45.17, 26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 52.36, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(41.74% 0.1312 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(41.74% 0.144 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1964, 6.3936, 2.0831)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1D21 #1D8A86

analogous

#8A1D58 #8A1D21 #8A4F1D

triadic

#8A1D21 #218A1D #1D218A

tetradic

#8A1D21 #588A1D #1D8A86 #4F1D8A

square

#8A1D21 #588A1D #1D8A86 #4F1D8A

split-complementary

#8A1D21 #1D8A4F #1D588A

monochromatic

#250809 #571215 #8A1D21 #BD282D #D9494E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8A1D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1D21

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1D21	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)

#3E3920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 29, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.144 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4635c',
    500: '#8a1d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1d21;
$custom-light: #b4635c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.798,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41735,
    "c": 0.14414,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1D21

secondary

#48BBB7

accent

#E8E240

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1D21

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

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