#8A1E22#8A1E22

#8A1E22 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.143 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E22
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 34)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 75.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 44.88, 26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 51.87, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.84% 0.1305 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(41.84% 0.143 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2355, 6.4491, 2.1663)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E22 #1E8A86

analogous

#8A1E58 #8A1E22 #8A501E

triadic

#8A1E22 #228A1E #1E228A

tetradic

#8A1E22 #588A1E #1E8A86 #501E8A

square

#8A1E22 #588A1E #1E8A86 #501E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E22 #1E8A50 #1E588A

monochromatic

#250809 #581316 #8A1E22 #BC292E #D84B50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#8A1E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8A1E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E22

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E22	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F3921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#59501E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.143 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4645d',
    500: '#8a1e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e22;
$custom-light: #b4645d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.778,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41839,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E22

secondary

#4ABAB6

accent

#E7E141

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E22

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

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