#8A2118#8A2118

#8A2118 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2118
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 24)
HSL	hsl(5, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 82.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.78, 43.43, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.78, 54.11, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(42% 0.1237 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(42% 0.142 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.1913, 6.5587, 1.5407)
Luminance	0.0656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2118 #18818A

analogous

#8A1848 #8A2118 #8A5A18

triadic

#8A2118 #188A21 #21188A

tetradic

#8A2118 #488A18 #18818A #5A188A

square

#8A2118 #488A18 #18818A #5A188A

split-complementary

#8A2118 #188A5A #18488A

monochromatic

#220806 #56150F #8A2118 #BE2D21 #DE4B3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.09

#8A2118 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A2118 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2118

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2118	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2118	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)

#413A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5113

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#990020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2118;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b56556',
    500: '#8a2118',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2118;
$custom-light: #b56556;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2118",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.737,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41997,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2118

secondary

#40B4BD

accent

#DFED3B

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2118

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

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