#8A1E28#8A1E28

#8A1E28 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.143 H 21.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E28
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 71%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.61, 45.17, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.61, 50.38, 26.28°)
OKLab	oklab(41.94% 0.1329 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(41.94% 0.143 21.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.3298, 6.4868, 2.6626)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E28 #1E8A80

analogous

#8A1E5E #8A1E28 #8A4A1E

triadic

#8A1E28 #288A1E #1E288A

tetradic

#8A1E28 #5E8A1E #1E8A80 #4A1E8A

square

#8A1E28 #5E8A1E #1E8A80 #4A1E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E28 #1E8A4A #1E5E8A

monochromatic

#25080B #581319 #8A1E28 #BC2937 #D84B58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8A1E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8A1E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E28

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E28	1.00	9.14	2.30	9.14
#FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E3927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595025

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.143 21.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36461',
    500: '#8a1e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e28;
$custom-light: #b36461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41935,
    "c": 0.14263,
    "h": 21.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E28

secondary

#4ABAB0

accent

#E7D841

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E28

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

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