#8A1E36#8A1E36

#8A1E36 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.143 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E36
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 54)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 60.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 46.04, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 47.98, 16.35°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.1386 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.143 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6125, 6.5999, 4.1517)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E36 #1E8A72

analogous

#8A1E6C #8A1E36 #8A3C1E

triadic

#8A1E36 #368A1E #1E368A

tetradic

#8A1E36 #6C8A1E #1E8A72 #3C1E8A

square

#8A1E36 #6C8A1E #1E8A72 #3C1E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E36 #1E8A3C #1E6C8A

monochromatic

#25080F #581322 #8A1E36 #BC294A #D84B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A1E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A1E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E36

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E36	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C3A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.143 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2646c',
    500: '#8a1e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e36;
$custom-light: #b2646c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42222,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E36

secondary

#4ABAA1

accent

#E7C241

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E36

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