#8A1E29#8A1E29

#8A1E29 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.143 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E29
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 41)
HSL	hsl(354, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(354, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.63, 45.23, 21.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.63, 50.16, 25.62°)
OKLab	oklab(41.95% 0.1333 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(41.95% 0.143 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3470, 6.4937, 2.7533)
Luminance	0.0649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E29 #1E8A7F

analogous

#8A1E5F #8A1E29 #8A491E

triadic

#8A1E29 #298A1E #1E298A

tetradic

#8A1E29 #5F8A1E #1E8A7F #491E8A

square

#8A1E29 #5F8A1E #1E8A7F #491E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E29 #1E8A49 #1E5F8A

monochromatic

#25080B #58131A #8A1E29 #BC2938 #D84B59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.14

#8A1E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#8A1E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E29

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E29	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)

#3E3929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.143 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36462',
    500: '#8a1e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e29;
$custom-light: #b36462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41953,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E29

secondary

#4ABAAF

accent

#E7D641

background

#FBF6F5

surface

#F7EBEA

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120605

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E29

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

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