#8A211E#8A211E

#8A211E is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A211E
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(2, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 78.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.85, 43.65, 28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.85, 52.31, 33.45°)
OKLab	oklab(42.07% 0.1257 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(42.07% 0.141 27)
XYZ	xyz(11.2607, 6.5865, 1.9064)
Luminance	0.0659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A211E #1E878A

analogous

#8A1E51 #8A211E #8A571E

triadic

#8A211E #1E8A21 #211E8A

tetradic

#8A211E #518A1E #1E878A #571E8A

square

#8A211E #518A1E #1E878A #571E8A

split-complementary

#8A211E #1E8A57 #1E518A

monochromatic

#250908 #581513 #8A211E #BC2D29 #D84F4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.06

#8A211E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A211E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A211E

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A211E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A211E	1.00	9.06	2.32	9.06
#FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B511A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a211e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655a',
    500: '#8a211e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a211e;
$custom-light: #b4655a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a211e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42067,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.06585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A211E

secondary

#4AB7BA

accent

#E3E741

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#130604

muted

#827A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A211E

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

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