#8A2021#8A2021

#8A2021 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 25.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2021
RGB	rgb(138, 32, 33)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(359, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.75, 44.14, 26.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.75, 51.69, 31.36°)
OKLab	oklab(42.01% 0.128 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(42.01% 0.142 25.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2736, 6.5478, 2.1088)
Luminance	0.0655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2021 #208A89

analogous

#8A2056 #8A2021 #8A5420

triadic

#8A2021 #218A20 #20218A

tetradic

#8A2021 #568A20 #208A89 #54208A

square

#8A2021 #568A20 #208A89 #54208A

split-complementary

#8A2021 #208A54 #20568A

monochromatic

#270909 #581415 #8A2021 #BC2C2D #D64E50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8A2021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A2021 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2021

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2021	1.00	9.09	2.31	9.09
#FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 32, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 25.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655c',
    500: '#8a2021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2021;
$custom-light: #b4655c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.434,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42011,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 25.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2021

secondary

#4DB9B8

accent

#E5E442

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2021

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

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