#8A1D23#8A1D23

#8A1D23 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.144 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1D23
RGB	rgb(138, 29, 35)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.41, 45.26, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.41, 51.83, 29.17°)
OKLab	oklab(41.77% 0.132 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(41.77% 0.144 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2253, 6.4051, 2.2350)
Luminance	0.0640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1D23 #1D8A84

analogous

#8A1D5A #8A1D23 #8A4D1D

triadic

#8A1D23 #238A1D #1D238A

tetradic

#8A1D23 #5A8A1D #1D8A84 #4D1D8A

square

#8A1D23 #5A8A1D #1D8A84 #4D1D8A

split-complementary

#8A1D23 #1D8A4D #1D5A8A

monochromatic

#250809 #571216 #8A1D23 #BD2830 #D94951

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.21

#8A1D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1D23

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1D23	1.00	9.21	2.28	9.21
#FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 29, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.144 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4645e',
    500: '#8a1d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1d23;
$custom-light: #b4645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.697,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41765,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1D23

secondary

#48BBB4

accent

#E8DF40

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1D23

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

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