#8A2123#8A2123

#8A2123 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.140 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2123
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 35)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 74.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.91, 43.87, 25.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.91, 50.91, 30.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.14% 0.1276 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(42.14% 0.14 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.3298, 6.6141, 2.2699)
Luminance	0.0661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2123 #218A88

analogous

#8A2157 #8A2123 #8A5321

triadic

#8A2123 #238A21 #21238A

tetradic

#8A2123 #578A21 #218A88 #53218A

square

#8A2123 #578A21 #218A88 #53218A

split-complementary

#8A2123 #218A53 #21578A

monochromatic

#27090A #591516 #8A2123 #BB2D30 #D55053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A2123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2123 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2123

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2123	1.00	9.04	2.32	9.04
#FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#403A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A511F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.140 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655e',
    500: '#8a2123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2123;
$custom-light: #b4655e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.857,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42136,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2123

secondary

#4EB9B7

accent

#E5E143

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2123

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

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