#8A1E32#8A1E32

#8A1E32 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.142 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E32
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 50)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 63.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.79, 45.77, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.79, 48.49, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(42.13% 0.137 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(42.13% 0.142 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5224, 6.5638, 3.6772)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E32 #1E8A76

analogous

#8A1E68 #8A1E32 #8A401E

triadic

#8A1E32 #328A1E #1E328A

tetradic

#8A1E32 #688A1E #1E8A76 #401E8A

square

#8A1E32 #688A1E #1E8A76 #401E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E32 #1E8A40 #1E688A

monochromatic

#25080E #581320 #8A1E32 #BC2944 #D84B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8A1E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A1E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E32

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E32	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#58512F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.142 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b36469',
    500: '#8a1e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e32;
$custom-light: #b36469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.889,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42131,
    "c": 0.14238,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E32

secondary

#4ABAA5

accent

#E7C841

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120606

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E32

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

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