#8A1E24#8A1E24

#8A1E24 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.143 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E24
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 36)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.55, 44.97, 24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.55, 51.35, 28.86°)
OKLab	oklab(41.87% 0.1313 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(41.87% 0.143 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2652, 6.4609, 2.3226)
Luminance	0.0646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E24 #1E8A84

analogous

#8A1E5A #8A1E24 #8A4E1E

triadic

#8A1E24 #248A1E #1E248A

tetradic

#8A1E24 #5A8A1E #1E8A84 #4E1E8A

square

#8A1E24 #5A8A1E #1E8A84 #4E1E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E24 #1E8A4E #1E5A8A

monochromatic

#25080A #581317 #8A1E24 #BC2931 #D84B52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#8A1E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#8A1E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E24

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E24	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.143 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4645e',
    500: '#8a1e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e24;
$custom-light: #b4645e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41869,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E24

secondary

#4ABAB4

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E24

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

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