#8A1D38#8A1D38

#8A1D38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.144 H 12.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1D38
RGB	rgb(138, 29, 56)
HSL	hsl(345, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 46.52, 12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 48.07, 14.57°)
OKLab	oklab(42.18% 0.1405 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(42.18% 0.144 12.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6356, 6.5692, 4.3959)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1D38 #1D8A6F

analogous

#8A1D6E #8A1D38 #8A391D

triadic

#8A1D38 #388A1D #1D388A

tetradic

#8A1D38 #6E8A1D #1D8A6F #391D8A

square

#8A1D38 #6E8A1D #1D8A6F #391D8A

split-complementary

#8A1D38 #1D8A39 #1D6E8A

monochromatic

#25080F #571223 #8A1D38 #BD284D #D9496C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8A1D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A1D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1D38

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1D38	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 29, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.144 12.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2646e',
    500: '#8a1d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1d38;
$custom-light: #b2646e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.138,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42183,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 12.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1D38

secondary

#48BB9E

accent

#E8BE40

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1D38

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

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