#8A201D#8A201D

#8A201D is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A201D
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 29)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.70, 43.97, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.70, 52.83, 33.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.1265 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.142 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.2208, 6.5268, 1.8311)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A201D #1D878A

analogous

#8A1D51 #8A201D #8A561D

triadic

#8A201D #1D8A20 #201D8A

tetradic

#8A201D #518A1D #1D878A #561D8A

square

#8A201D #518A1D #1D878A #561D8A

split-complementary

#8A201D #1D8A56 #1D518A

monochromatic

#250908 #571412 #8A201D #BD2C28 #D94D49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8A201D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A201D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A201D

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A201D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A201D	1.00	9.11	2.31	9.11
#FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5119

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a201d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46559',
    500: '#8a201d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a201d;
$custom-light: #b46559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a201d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.651,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41957,
    "c": 0.14208,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A201D

secondary

#48B8BB

accent

#E4E840

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A201D

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

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