#8A1E27#8A1E27

#8A1E27 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.143 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E27
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 39)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.59, 45.12, 22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.59, 50.61, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.92% 0.1325 0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(41.92% 0.143 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3130, 6.4800, 2.5742)
Luminance	0.0648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E27 #1E8A81

analogous

#8A1E5D #8A1E27 #8A4B1E

triadic

#8A1E27 #278A1E #1E278A

tetradic

#8A1E27 #5D8A1E #1E8A81 #4B1E8A

square

#8A1E27 #5D8A1E #1E8A81 #4B1E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E27 #1E8A4B #1E5D8A

monochromatic

#25080B #581319 #8A1E27 #BC2935 #D84B56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#8A1E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8A1E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E27

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E27	1.00	9.15	2.30	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.143 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46461',
    500: '#8a1e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e27;
$custom-light: #b46461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41918,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E27

secondary

#4ABAB1

accent

#E7D941

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBE9

border

#D0C6C5

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E27

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