#8A211A#8A211A

#8A211A is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.142 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A211A
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 26)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 81.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.80, 43.50, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.80, 53.50, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(42.02% 0.1244 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(42.02% 0.142 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2129, 6.5673, 1.6543)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A211A #1A838A

analogous

#8A1A4B #8A211A #8A591A

triadic

#8A211A #1A8A21 #211A8A

tetradic

#8A211A #4B8A1A #1A838A #591A8A

square

#8A211A #4B8A1A #1A838A #591A8A

split-complementary

#8A211A #1A8A59 #1A4B8A

monochromatic

#230807 #571510 #8A211A #BD2D24 #DC4C43

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#8A211A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#8A211A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A211A

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A211A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A211A	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5115

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a211a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.142 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46557',
    500: '#8a211a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a211a;
$custom-light: #b46557;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a211a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 68.293,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42018,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A211A

secondary

#43B5BD

accent

#E0EB3D

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A211A

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

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