#8A1E38#8A1E38

#8A1E38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.143 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A1E38
RGB	rgb(138, 30, 56)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.3%, 59.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.92, 46.19, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.92, 47.79, 14.85°)
OKLab	oklab(42.27% 0.1395 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(42.27% 0.143 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.6605, 6.6190, 4.4042)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A1E38 #1E8A70

analogous

#8A1E6E #8A1E38 #8A3A1E

triadic

#8A1E38 #388A1E #1E388A

tetradic

#8A1E38 #6E8A1E #1E8A70 #3A1E8A

square

#8A1E38 #6E8A1E #1E8A70 #3A1E8A

split-complementary

#8A1E38 #1E8A3A #1E6E8A

monochromatic

#25080F #581324 #8A1E38 #BC294C #D84B6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A1E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A1E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A1E38

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A1E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A1E38	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B3B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#970029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a1e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 30, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.143 12.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2646e',
    500: '#8a1e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a1e38;
$custom-light: #b2646e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a1e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.556,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4227,
    "c": 0.14274,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A1E38

secondary

#4ABA9F

accent

#E7BF41

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F6EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A1E38

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