#8A2121#8A2121

#8A2121 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.141 H 25.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2121
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 33)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 76.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 43.78, 27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 51.46, 31.71°)
OKLab	oklab(42.11% 0.1268 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(42.11% 0.141 25.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.3009, 6.6025, 2.1179)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2121 #218A8A

analogous

#8A2155 #8A2121 #8A5521

triadic

#8A2121 #218A21 #21218A

tetradic

#8A2121 #558A21 #218A8A #55218A

square

#8A2121 #558A21 #218A8A #55218A

split-complementary

#8A2121 #218A55 #21558A

monochromatic

#270909 #591515 #8A2121 #BB2D2D #D55050

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#8A2121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2121

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2121	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.141 25.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655c',
    500: '#8a2121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2121;
$custom-light: #b4655c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42107,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 25.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2121

secondary

#4EB9B9

accent

#E5E543

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2121

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

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