#8A211C#8A211C

#8A211C is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.141 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A211C
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 28)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(3, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.82, 43.57, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.82, 52.90, 34.55°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.125 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.141 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.2360, 6.5766, 1.7762)
Luminance	0.0658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A211C #1C858A

analogous

#8A1C4E #8A211C #8A581C

triadic

#8A211C #1C8A21 #211C8A

tetradic

#8A211C #4E8A1C #1C858A #581C8A

square

#8A211C #4E8A1C #1C858A #581C8A

split-complementary

#8A211C #1C8A58 #1C4E8A

monochromatic

#240907 #571512 #8A211C #BD2D26 #DA4D47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.07

#8A211C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A211C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A211C

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A211C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A211C	1.00	9.07	2.32	9.07
#FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#413A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5118

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a211c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.141 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b46559',
    500: '#8a211c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a211c;
$custom-light: #b46559;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a211c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.727,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42042,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A211C

secondary

#46B6BB

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130603

muted

#827A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A211C

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

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