#8A1E17#8A1E17

#8A1E17 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.145 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E17
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 23)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 83.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.39, 44.46, 32.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.39, 55.05, 36.14°)
OKLab	oklab(41.7% 0.1268 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(41.7% 0.145 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1015, 6.3955, 1.4604)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E17 #17838A

analogous

#8A174A #8A1E17 #8A5817

triadic

#8A1E17 #178A1E #1E178A

tetradic

#8A1E17 #4A8A17 #17838A #58178A

square

#8A1E17 #4A8A17 #17838A #58178A

split-complementary

#8A1E17 #178A58 #174A8A

monochromatic

#210706 #56130E #8A1E17 #BE2920 #DF473D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#8A1E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#8A1E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E17

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E17	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)

#403815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5012

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99001E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.145 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56455',
    500: '#8a1e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e17;
$custom-light: #b56455;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.652,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41702,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E17

secondary

#3FB6BE

accent

#E3EE3A

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E17

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

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