#8A201E#8A201E

#8A201E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A201E
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 30)
HSL	hsl(1, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(1, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 44.01, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 52.54, 33.10°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.1269 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.142 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2334, 6.5318, 1.8973)
Luminance	0.0653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A201E #1E888A

analogous

#8A1E52 #8A201E #8A561E

triadic

#8A201E #1E8A20 #201E8A

tetradic

#8A201E #528A1E #1E888A #561E8A

square

#8A201E #528A1E #1E888A #561E8A

split-complementary

#8A201E #1E8A56 #1E528A

monochromatic

#250908 #581413 #8A201E #BC2C29 #D84D4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.11

#8A201E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A201E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A201E

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A201E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A201E	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)

#403A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a201e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655a',
    500: '#8a201e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a201e;
$custom-light: #b4655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a201e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4197,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A201E

secondary

#4AB8BA

accent

#E4E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A201E

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

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