#8A2124#8A2124

#8A2124 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.140 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A2124
RGB	rgb(138, 33, 36)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.1%, 73.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.93, 43.91, 25.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.93, 50.65, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(42.15% 0.1279 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(42.15% 0.14 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3448, 6.6201, 2.3492)
Luminance	0.0662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A2124 #218A87

analogous

#8A2158 #8A2124 #8A5221

triadic

#8A2124 #248A21 #21248A

tetradic

#8A2124 #588A21 #218A87 #52218A

square

#8A2124 #588A21 #218A87 #52218A

split-complementary

#8A2124 #218A52 #21588A

monochromatic

#27090A #591517 #8A2124 #BB2D31 #D55054

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.04

#8A2124 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#8A2124 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A2124

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A2124	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A2124	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)

#403A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#980023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a2124;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 33, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.140 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4655f',
    500: '#8a2124',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a2124;
$custom-light: #b4655f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a2124",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.286,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42151,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A2124

secondary

#4EB9B5

accent

#E5E043

background

#FCF6F5

surface

#F8EBE9

border

#D1C6C5

text

#120604

muted

#817A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A2124

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

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